Babua (P)

Kolaghat block · Medinipur East district, West Bengal · PIN 721134 · village code 344432

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 605 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 5,774 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

605

Male / female

319 / 286

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

897

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

82.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

0 / 0

Working population

205

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

26.3%

Households

133

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Van

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 1 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

182

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

438

Non-farm households

752

Share of households farming, 2020

37%

Net sown area

5 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

5 / 5 / 0

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Amalhanda 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

₹28.99 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹99.92 lakh

Received directly

₹1.13 lakh

Spent

₹93.05 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹36.99 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹24.47 lakh · received ₹31.59 lakh · spent ₹40.75 lakh · left ₹16.29 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹4.52 lakh · received ₹68.33 lakh · spent ₹52.30 lakh · left ₹20.70 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

22.4324, 87.8942 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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