Chhota Tara
Garbeta-Iii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721253
· village code 337290
Population 2011
4,872
Census of India
Population 2020
5,600
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.9%
728 people · 1.6% a year
Households
1,090
+14.7% vs 950 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,872
Male / female
2,494 / 2,378
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
953
Children aged 0–6
608
Literacy rate
60.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
42 / 503
Working population
2,153
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
38.6%
Households
950
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
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
65
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
9
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
870
Non-farm households
115
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
240 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
240 / 27 / 25
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karsa panchayat, Garbeta-Iii 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
₹44.65 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹85.26 lakh
Received directly
₹1.67 lakh
Spent
₹90.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹41.23 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.58 lakh · received ₹35.04 lakh · spent ₹33.67 lakh · left ₹16.37 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.08 lakh · received ₹50.22 lakh · spent ₹56.68 lakh · left ₹24.85 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7387, 87.4061 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Medinipur West district ·
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