Kalma Pukhuria
Nayagram block · Jhargram
district, West Bengal · PIN 721159
· village code 340889
Population 2011
2,724
Census of India
Population 2020
2,800
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.8%
76 people · 0.3% a year
Households
675
+4.3% vs 647 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,724
Male / female
1,363 / 1,361
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
999
Children aged 0–6
355
Literacy rate
53.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
520 / 733
Working population
1,206
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.5%
Households
647
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
175
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
475
Share of households farming, 2020
30%
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 10 / 30
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Malam panchayat, Nayagram 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
₹25.61 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹39.47 lakh
Received directly
₹25,085
Spent
₹37.56 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.77 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.78 lakh · received ₹16.26 lakh · spent ₹10.41 lakh · left ₹9.88 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.84 lakh · received ₹23.21 lakh · spent ₹27.16 lakh · left ₹17.89 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.0901, 87.1350 —
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How this village compares
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