Chatara
Shahid Matangini block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721151
· village code 344581
Population 2011
4,868
Census of India
Population 2020
6,300
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.4%
1,432 people · 2.9% a year
Households
1,450
+34.3% vs 1,080 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,868
Male / female
2,498 / 2,370
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
949
Children aged 0–6
551
Literacy rate
79.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
88 / 0
Working population
1,599
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
51.3%
Households
1,080
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
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
350
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,400
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
35 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
35 / 20 / 15
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balluk-Ii panchayat, Shahid Matangini 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
₹33.25 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹54.88 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹62.22 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹25.91 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.33 lakh · received ₹22.55 lakh · spent ₹22.46 lakh · left ₹11.42 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.92 lakh · received ₹32.33 lakh · spent ₹39.75 lakh · left ₹14.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3766, 87.8607 —
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How this village compares
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