Chunakhali
Basanti block · 24 Paraganas South
district, West Bengal · PIN 743611
· village code 335055
Population 2011
9,241
Census of India
Population 2020
11,608
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.6%
2,367 people · 2.6% a year
Households
2,638
+39.7% vs 1,888 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
9,241
Male / female
4,661 / 4,580
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
983
Children aged 0–6
1,529
Literacy rate
49.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,857 / 1,775
Working population
3,533
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.4%
Households
1,888
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
895
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
224
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2,374
Non-farm households
264
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
700 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
700 / 46 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chunakhali panchayat, Basanti 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
₹69.80 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹89.50 lakh
Received directly
₹19,471
Spent
₹97.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹62.40 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.59 lakh · received ₹36.78 lakh · spent ₹43.32 lakh · left ₹21.25 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹42.21 lakh · received ₹52.72 lakh · spent ₹53.79 lakh · left ₹41.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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