Chauka
Ghatal block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721232
· village code 337739
Population 2011
1,495
Census of India
Population 2020
1,781
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.1%
286 people · 2.0% a year
Households
408
+28.3% vs 318 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,495
Male / female
785 / 710
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
904
Children aged 0–6
127
Literacy rate
79.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
81 / 19
Working population
805
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.9%
Households
318
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
87
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
408
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
175 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
175 / 19 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dewanchak-Ii panchayat, Ghatal 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
₹40.33 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹69.72 lakh
Received directly
₹4.35 lakh
Spent
₹76.28 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹38.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.65 lakh · received ₹28.65 lakh · spent ₹25.71 lakh · left ₹14.38 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.68 lakh · received ₹41.07 lakh · spent ₹50.56 lakh · left ₹23.74 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6126, 87.6185 —
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