Bhua
Sabang block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721144
· village code 342833
Population 2011
717
Census of India
Population 2020
900
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.5%
183 people · 2.6% a year
Households
225
+38.0% vs 163 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
717
Male / female
374 / 343
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
917
Children aged 0–6
84
Literacy rate
80.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 53
Working population
287
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
61.0%
Households
163
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
105
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
21
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 30 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nawgaon panchayat, Sabang 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
₹50.68 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹59.68 lakh
Received directly
₹3.88 lakh
Spent
₹89.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.70 lakh · received ₹24.53 lakh · spent ₹36.07 lakh · left ₹5.04 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹37.98 lakh · received ₹35.16 lakh · spent ₹53.52 lakh · left ₹19.61 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.1622, 87.5881 —
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