Sola
Chandrakona-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721242
· village code 337424
Population 2011
832
Census of India
Population 2020
951
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.3%
119 people · 1.5% a year
Households
205
+8.5% vs 189 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
832
Male / female
433 / 399
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
109
Literacy rate
65.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
556 / 4
Working population
281
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.3%
Households
189
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
45
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
195
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 40 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jara panchayat, Chandrakona-I 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
₹30.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹56.19 lakh
Received directly
₹46,905
Spent
₹68.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.56 lakh · received ₹23.09 lakh · spent ₹28.73 lakh · left ₹7.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.64 lakh · received ₹33.10 lakh · spent ₹39.60 lakh · left ₹11.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7272, 87.6788 —
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