Eral Chak
Pingla block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721140
· village code 342629
Population 2011
600
Census of India
Population 2020
800
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+33.3%
200 people · 3.2% a year
Households
165
+4.4% vs 158 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
600
Male / female
314 / 286
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
911
Children aged 0–6
61
Literacy rate
77.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 148
Working population
349
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.3%
Households
158
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
125
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 15 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhaneswarpur 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
₹35.18 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹58.30 lakh
Received directly
₹3.09 lakh
Spent
₹79.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.10 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.30 lakh · received ₹23.96 lakh · spent ₹33.80 lakh · left ₹6.55 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.87 lakh · received ₹34.34 lakh · spent ₹45.66 lakh · left ₹10.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.2162, 87.5635 —
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