Arar
Kolaghat block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721134
· village code 344427
Population 2011
5,618
Census of India
Population 2020
3,990
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-29.0%
-1,628 people · -3.7% a year
Households
841
-29.7% vs 1,196 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,618
Male / female
2,885 / 2,733
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
947
Children aged 0–6
610
Literacy rate
79.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
442 / 2
Working population
2,046
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
32.8%
Households
1,196
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 nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
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
220
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
129
Share of households farming, 2020
54%
Net sown area
210 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
210 / 110 / 40
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kola-Ii panchayat, Kolaghat 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
₹57.11 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹60.42 lakh
Received directly
₹1.16 lakh
Spent
₹85.71 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.98 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.12 lakh · received ₹24.83 lakh · spent ₹24.08 lakh · left ₹13.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹46.00 lakh · received ₹35.59 lakh · spent ₹61.64 lakh · left ₹19.95 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4505, 87.8666 —
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