Punja
Narayangarh block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721437
· village code 343158
Population 2011
277
Census of India
Population 2020
320
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.5%
43 people · 1.6% a year
Households
73
+17.7% vs 62 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
277
Male / female
139 / 138
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
993
Children aged 0–6
22
Literacy rate
78.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
8 / 0
Working population
121
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.1%
Households
62
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
150
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
59
Non-farm households
6
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 10 / 1
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Narayangarh panchayat, Narayangarh 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
₹20.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.17 crore
Received directly
₹49,771
Spent
₹84.00 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹54.45 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.03 lakh · received ₹37.08 lakh · spent ₹33.18 lakh · left ₹21.42 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.64 lakh · received ₹80.21 lakh · spent ₹50.81 lakh · left ₹33.03 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.1622, 87.3936 —
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