Palara
Uluberia-Ii block · Howrah
district, West Bengal · PIN 711303
· village code 332920
Population 2011
2,659
Census of India
Population 2020
2,682
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.9%
23 people · 0.1% a year
Households
488
+0.6% vs 485 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,659
Male / female
1,343 / 1,316
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
980
Children aged 0–6
387
Literacy rate
53.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
700 / 0
Working population
792
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
14.4%
Households
485
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
58
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
342
Non-farm households
146
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
31 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
31 / 30 / 5
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Joyargori panchayat, Uluberia-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
₹58.59 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹75.46 lakh
Received directly
₹83,577
Spent
₹95.52 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.12 lakh · received ₹31.01 lakh · spent ₹34.07 lakh · left ₹24.90 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.47 lakh · received ₹44.45 lakh · spent ₹61.46 lakh · left ₹14.46 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5124, 88.0500 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Howrah district ·
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staffing across Howrah ·
…and across West Bengal