Purash

Amta-I block · Howrah district, West Bengal · PIN 711410 · village code 332652

Population 2011

2,150

Census of India

Population 2020

3,753

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+74.6%

1,603 people · 6.4% a year

Households

614

+37.4% vs 447 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

2,150

Male / female

1,081 / 1,069

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

989

Children aged 0–6

201

Literacy rate

73.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

442 / 0

Working population

806

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

27.2%

Households

447

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

277

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

365

Non-farm households

249

Share of households farming, 2020

59%

Net sown area

54 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

36 / 54 / 26

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Kanpur panchayat, Amta-I 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

₹50.59 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹67.67 lakh

Received directly

₹1.23 lakh

Spent

₹77.19 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹42.30 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹22.30 lakh · received ₹27.81 lakh · spent ₹34.05 lakh · left ₹17.29 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹28.30 lakh · received ₹39.86 lakh · spent ₹43.14 lakh · left ₹25.01 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

22.6847, 88.0355 — view on OpenStreetMap

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