Purohit Wala
Sahaspur block · Dehradun
district, Uttarakhand · PIN 255929
· village code 45147
Population 2011
409
Census of India
Population 2020
498
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.8%
89 people · 2.2% a year
Households
132
+21.1% vs 109 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
409
Male / female
173 / 236
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,364
Children aged 0–6
37
Literacy rate
87.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
12 / 0
Working population
70
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
2.9%
Households
109
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Purohitwala panchayat, Sahaspur 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
₹1.39 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹2.16 lakh
Spent
₹2.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.19 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹1.59 lakh · left ₹46,054
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19,753 · received ₹0 · spent ₹57,667 · left ₹92,086
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
30.3964, 77.8128 —
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