Chitnan
Amta-Ii block · Howrah
district, West Bengal · PIN 711303
· village code 332570
Population 2011
4,757
Census of India
Population 2020
5,012
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.4%
255 people · 0.6% a year
Households
1,211
+22.9% vs 985 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,757
Male / female
2,508 / 2,249
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
897
Children aged 0–6
600
Literacy rate
72.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
785 / 0
Working population
1,715
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
40.6%
Households
985
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
350
Teachers
18
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
111
Non-farm households
90
Share of households farming, 2020
55%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 50 / 50
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ghoraberia Chitnan panchayat, Amta-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
₹41.75 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹61.76 lakh
Received directly
₹74,234
Spent
₹69.16 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹35.09 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.05 lakh · received ₹25.38 lakh · spent ₹24.43 lakh · left ₹12.74 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.70 lakh · received ₹36.38 lakh · spent ₹44.73 lakh · left ₹22.35 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5225, 87.8734 —
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