Dakshin Kalapunja
Pingla block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721140
· village code 342606
Population 2011
564
Census of India
Population 2020
635
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.6%
71 people · 1.3% a year
Households
165
+17.9% vs 140 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
564
Male / female
293 / 271
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
925
Children aged 0–6
42
Literacy rate
84.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
46 / 20
Working population
253
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
57.7%
Households
140
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
110
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
55 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 55 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Maligram panchayat, Pingla 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
₹66.15 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹90.36 lakh
Received directly
₹64,850
Spent
₹1.23 crore
Unspent at year end
₹34.55 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.41 lakh · received ₹37.13 lakh · spent ₹46.62 lakh · left ₹12.57 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹44.74 lakh · received ₹53.22 lakh · spent ₹75.99 lakh · left ₹21.97 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3964, 87.4232 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Medinipur West district ·
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staffing across Medinipur West ·
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