Paljagul
Midnapore block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721149
· village code 339455
Population 2011
1,326
Census of India
Population 2020
1,580
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.2%
254 people · 2.0% a year
Households
335
+8.8% vs 308 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,326
Male / female
664 / 662
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
997
Children aged 0–6
170
Literacy rate
52.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
449 / 650
Working population
710
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.7%
Households
308
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
147
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
160
Non-farm households
145
Share of households farming, 2020
52%
Net sown area
53 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
53 / 7 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pathra panchayat, Midnapore 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
₹86.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹86.43 lakh
Received directly
₹4.04 lakh
Spent
₹1.29 crore
Unspent at year end
₹47.20 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.59 lakh · received ₹35.52 lakh · spent ₹45.32 lakh · left ₹16.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹63.63 lakh · received ₹50.91 lakh · spent ₹84.18 lakh · left ₹30.36 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3964, 87.4426 —
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