Gaja
Budge Budge-Ii block · 24 Paraganas South
district, West Bengal · PIN 743318
· village code 333355
Population 2011
3,924
Census of India
Population 2020
4,050
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.2%
126 people · 0.4% a year
Households
951
+6.1% vs 896 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,924
Male / female
1,987 / 1,937
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
975
Children aged 0–6
435
Literacy rate
66.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
955 / 3
Working population
1,482
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
30.0%
Households
896
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
169
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
56
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
761
Non-farm households
190
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
220 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
220 / 88 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gaja Poyali panchayat, Budge Budge-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
₹31.31 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹52.89 lakh
Received directly
₹29,297
Spent
₹55.34 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.61 lakh · received ₹21.73 lakh · spent ₹25.51 lakh · left ₹4.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.70 lakh · received ₹31.15 lakh · spent ₹29.83 lakh · left ₹25.02 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3784, 88.1328 —
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