Sahara
Falta block · 24 Paraganas South
district, West Bengal · PIN 743504
· village code 334218
Population 2011
2,934
Census of India
Population 2020
3,262
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.2%
328 people · 1.2% a year
Households
773
+9.2% vs 708 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,934
Male / female
1,502 / 1,432
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
953
Children aged 0–6
265
Literacy rate
74.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
194 / 1
Working population
1,052
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
36.9%
Households
708
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
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
62
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
5
Non-farm households
146
Share of households farming, 2020
3%
Net sown area
51 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
51 / 32 / 20
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Falta panchayat, Falta 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
₹59.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹77.40 lakh
Received directly
₹2.31 lakh
Spent
₹79.72 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹59.75 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.07 lakh · received ₹31.81 lakh · spent ₹29.20 lakh · left ₹23.00 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹41.69 lakh · received ₹45.59 lakh · spent ₹50.53 lakh · left ₹36.76 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4865, 88.3380 —
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