Chhotakaram
Bundwan block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723129
· village code 332388
Population 2011
447
Census of India
Population 2020
527
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.9%
80 people · 1.8% a year
Households
112
+19.1% vs 94 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
447
Male / female
222 / 225
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,014
Children aged 0–6
47
Literacy rate
53.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 443
Working population
286
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.8%
Households
94
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
43
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
106
Non-farm households
6
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
55 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
55 / 8 / 55
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kuilapal panchayat, Bundwan 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
₹27.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹26.89 lakh
Received directly
₹56,866
Spent
₹36.95 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.52 lakh · received ₹11.09 lakh · spent ₹12.00 lakh · left ₹7.98 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.36 lakh · received ₹15.80 lakh · spent ₹24.95 lakh · left ₹10.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8288, 86.6428 —
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