Paharajpur
Narayangarh block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721424
· village code 343219
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 548 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 243 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
548
Male / female
259 / 289
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,116
Children aged 0–6
40
Literacy rate
80.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 50
Working population
236
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.2%
Households
132
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
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
No
Public transport
Van
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
Farming
Farm households
45
Non-farm households
9
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 6 / 4
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Tutranga 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
₹56.28 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹72.28 lakh
Received directly
₹1.62 lakh
Spent
₹92.84 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹37.33 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.14 lakh · received ₹29.70 lakh · spent ₹33.92 lakh · left ₹16.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹37.13 lakh · received ₹42.57 lakh · spent ₹58.92 lakh · left ₹20.79 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.0541, 87.3849 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
…and across West Bengal