BLOCK : INDAS

Introduction

Indas Block Development office is situated in the heart of Indas village under the district of Bankura. It is an hearsay that Indas has been named after a king named Indrahas. It is a flourished village and its development is going day to day at a moderate space The land is mainly an agrarian one. Indas is situated extremely to the eastern side of the district. The Darakeswar river flows gently to the south of this village while the Shali and the Damodar flow to the north of the area. They sometimes cause agony to the people of the catchment areas but the fertile land of those rivers bed offer bumper crops facilitating their livelihood year round.. Swami Bhuteshanandaji Maharaj, the Ex.President of the Ramkrishna Math and Mission was born at Somsar village under this Block. Besides it, Gouri Pandit, a great soul of the religious arena and the contemporary of Thakur Ramkrishna Paramhansadev was also born at Indas.The recent introduction of a railway line extending from Bankura to Rainagar,Burdwan has added a new dimension to the communication map of Indas. There is a wide opportunity to maintain communication from Indas to Burdwan by bus. But it is a sorrowful aspect of this village to maintain an easy communication with the district as it is about 90 K.M. away from this Block.Though most of the villagers depend on agril lands yet a remarkable number of people serve the Government and Non-government institutions. The chief cropof this village is paddy followed by potatoes. It is agriculture which strengthens the economic base of this village and it elevates the village to a prosperous one.

The people of this area are fortunate enough as they have fulfilled their long-standing desire with the foundation of the same in 2005 and its educational graph climbs at the zenith. A unique communal harmony is felt in every pulsation of this village. The Hindus, though enjoying majority in number, maintain fraternity with the Muslims and it claims praiseworthy.

A Primary Health Centre and its wings provide untiring health service to the common people of this area as well as its neighbourhood.

So far drinking water is concerned, the area possesses a bright opportunity for procuring drinking water.In brief, the people of this area, by and large, lead a very peaceful life here and they are solely determined to retain its unity and integrity at any cost.

Location : Indas is situated extremely to the eastern side of the district. The Darakeswar Rivers flows gently to the south of this village while the Shali and the Damodar flow to the north of the area. latitude and longitude : N23.14484

E087.62665

Administrative division –

Name/s of Police Station : Indas Police Station Number and names of GPs : 10 (Ten)

i) Akui I GP ii) Akui II GP iii) Amrul GP iv) Dighalgram GP v) Indas I GP vi) Indas II GP vii) Karisunda GP viii) Mongalpur GP ix) Rol GP x) Sahaspur GP

Number of villages : 131

Number of Gram Sansads : Total in Block 96

i) Akui I GP 07 ii) Akui II GP 07 iii) Amrul GP 10 iv) Dighalgram GP 09 v) Indas I GP 08 vi) Indas II GP 08 vii) Karisunda GP 10 viii) Mongalpur GP 12 ix) Rol GP 10 x) Sahaspur GP 15

Demographic details (According to Census 2001)

o Total population - 152847

o Male - 78404

o Female - 74443

o SC (total and percentage)- 41.77 %

o ST (total and percentage)- 1.9 %

o OBC (total and percentage)-

o Minority (total and percentage) -

o Gender ratio (number of female to 1000 male)- 949.4

Electoral data

o Electors : 110683

o Male

o Female

o Gender ratio

o EPIC percentage : 99.9 %

o PER percentage : 99.89%

Infrastructure details

Physical infrastructure

� Length of roads (separately for each category)-

� Kachha- 146 k.m

� black-top- 82 km

� morrum- 152 km

� morrum-blulder- 220 km,

� brick paved -11 km,

� concrete- 8km

Colleges - 1

Schools and similar educational institutions

Primary School 145

Junior High School 20

High School 11

Higher Secondary School 10

S.S.K. 26

Formal School

M.S.K 4

Bridge Course Centre 18

Rabindra Mukta Vidyalaya 9

Non- Formal School

Resource Room for CWSN 2

NCLP 2

Sanskrit Tole 2

Hospitals and Health Centres

• Rural Hospital - 0

• Block Primary Health Centre - 1

• Primary Health Centre - 3

• Sub-centre - 25

• ZP Dispensaries - 2

• GP dispensaries ( Homoeopathy/ Ayurvedic/ Unani) - 4

• ICDS Centres – 244

Banks and other financial institutions

• Nationalized Banks : 3

o SBI – Shantashram

o PNB – Indas

o UCO – Boro Gobindapur

• Regional Rural Banks

BGVB – Indas / Akui / Dighalgram Branch

• Other Banks

BDCC - Indas

• Post Offices

o Head Post Office – 0

o Sub-Post Office : 2 ( Indas, Akui)

o Branch Post Office : 19 ( 13, 6 )

• Presence of Business Correspondents (if so, give the

Customer Service Points)

Human Resources

o Posts and persons in position at the Block office

SL. No.

Designation No of Staff

1 Block Development Officer 1

2 Jt. B.D.O 1

3 SAE(AI) 1

4 SAE(RWS) 1

5 SAE(Plan) 1

6 H.C 1

7 APO 0

8 BDMO 1

9 BWO 1

10 FEO 1

11 IDO 1

12 Ins. BCW 1

13 C.I 1

14 WDO 1

15 LEOMEE 1

16 Election Clerk 1

17 Cshier 1

18 CC 1

19 LGS 1

20 Mec(RWS) 1

21 Mec(RWS) 1

22 Peon(Relief ) 0

23 Orderly to C.I 0

24 Night Guard 1

25 APO(Contractual) 1

26 TA (NREGS) 1

27 Social Adt. Co-Ordinator 1

28 JPO(NREGS) 1

29 Prog.Asstt(NREGS) 1

30 TA (NREGS) 1

31 CA (NREGS) 1

Total 28

Posts and persons in Panchayat Samity

Sl No Designation No of Staff

1 Block Informatics Officer 1

2 Samity Education Officer 0

3 Deputy Secretary 1

4 Upper Division Assistant 1

5 cashier cum Accountant 1

6 Accounts Clerk 1

7 Data Entry Operator 1

8 Clerk cum Typist 1

9 Peon 1

Total 8

Posts and persons in Gram Panchayat

Sl No

Gram Panchayat

Executive Assistant

Nirman sahayak

Secretary Sahayak Gram

Panchayat Karmee

Total

1 Akui I 0 1 1 2 1 5

2 Akui II 0 0 1 2 1 4

3 Amrul 0 1 1 2 1 5

4 Dighalgram 0 1 1 2 2 6

5 Indas I 1 1 1 2 2 7

6 Indas II 1 0 1 2 2 6

7 Karisunda 0 1 1 1 1 4

8 Mongalpur 0 1 1 1 2 5

9 Rol 1 1 1 1 3 7

10 Sahaspur 0 1 1 1 1 4

Total 3 8 10 16 16 53

o Teachers in different categories of schools

Type of School Male Regular Teacher

Female Regular Teacher

Male Para Teacher

Female Para Teacher

Total

Primary School 385 86 8 13 492

Junior High School

315 111 38 41 505

Total 700 197 46 54 997

o Teachers in different categories of colleges

College Male Regular Teacher

Female Regular Teacher

Male Part Time Teacher

Female Part Time Teacher

Total

Indas College 6 2 15 5 28

o Sahayikas at SSK – 50

and Samprasarak/ Samprasarikas at MSKs – 18 (17 + 1 )

o Health functionaries

Sl No.

Designation No. of Sanction No. of Position No. of Vacant

1. Medical Officer (including BMOH)

8 4 4

2. Pharmacist 5 4 1

3. UDC 1 1 0

4. LDC 1 1 0

5. Sr. PHN (BPHN) 1 1 0

6. PHN 1 1 0

7. SAMO 1 1 0

8. HMO 2 2 0

9. BAM 1 1 0

10. BDEO 2 2 0

11. H.S.(F) 7 5 2

12. H.S.(M) 3 1 2

13. M.T.(Lab) 3 2 1

14. Ayur Pharmacist 1 1 0

15. HCCD 1 1 0

16. H.A(F) 25 24 1

17. H.A.(M) 25 1 24

18. 2nd ANM 25 20 5

19. ASHA 151 106 45

20. GDA 15 9 6

21. Sweeper 6 4 2

22. Ophthalmic Assistant 1 1 0

AWWs against total no. of ICDS centres : 168 AWWs against 244 ICDS centres