Argara
Patashpur-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721439
· village code 344912
Population 2011
1,035
Census of India
Population 2020
1,081
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.4%
46 people · 0.5% a year
Households
281
+19.1% vs 236 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,035
Male / female
530 / 505
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
953
Children aged 0–6
98
Literacy rate
84.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
14 / 0
Working population
329
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.2%
Households
236
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
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
45
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
206
Non-farm households
75
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
116 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
116 / 20 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gokulpur panchayat, Patashpur-I 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
₹52.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹79.89 lakh
Received directly
₹65,386
Spent
₹90.62 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹42.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.16 lakh · received ₹32.83 lakh · spent ₹35.44 lakh · left ₹18.21 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.06 lakh · received ₹47.06 lakh · spent ₹55.18 lakh · left ₹23.94 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.7666, 87.4714 —
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