Chaukan
Manbazar-Ii block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723131
· village code 332224
Population 2011
1,354
Census of India
Population 2020
1,545
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.1%
191 people · 1.5% a year
Households
296
+3.9% vs 285 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,354
Male / female
694 / 660
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
951
Children aged 0–6
153
Literacy rate
49.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
115 / 322
Working population
777
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.3%
Households
285
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
120
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
223
Non-farm households
73
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
12 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
12 / 7 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bari-Jagda panchayat, Manbazar-Ii zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹22.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹45.97 lakh
Received directly
₹3.77 lakh
Spent
₹47.37 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.60 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.15 lakh · received ₹18.93 lakh · spent ₹16.58 lakh · left ₹10.27 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.09 lakh · received ₹27.04 lakh · spent ₹30.79 lakh · left ₹14.33 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1171, 86.6318 —
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