Palua
Mohanpur block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721436
· village code 344099
Population 2011
535
Census of India
Population 2020
598
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.8%
63 people · 1.2% a year
Households
123
+13.9% vs 108 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
535
Male / female
286 / 249
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
871
Children aged 0–6
48
Literacy rate
85.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
60 / 3
Working population
157
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.5%
Households
108
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
69
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
76 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
76 / 52 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Tanua panchayat, Mohanpur 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
₹59.13 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹68.36 lakh
Received directly
₹1.09 lakh
Spent
₹84.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹43.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.02 lakh · received ₹28.09 lakh · spent ₹32.27 lakh · left ₹16.93 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹39.12 lakh · received ₹40.27 lakh · spent ₹52.59 lakh · left ₹26.80 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.7838, 87.4133 —
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