Bara Dighi
Matiali block · Jalpaiguri
district, West Bengal · PIN 735206
· village code 307010
Population 2011
568
Census of India
Population 2020
622
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.5%
54 people · 1.0% a year
Households
128
+2.4% vs 125 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
568
Male / female
283 / 285
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,007
Children aged 0–6
91
Literacy rate
60.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 221
Working population
166
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.1%
Households
125
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
121
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
31
Non-farm households
44
Share of households farming, 2020
41%
Net sown area
21 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
21 / 20 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bidhannagar panchayat, Matiali 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
₹44.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹74.10 lakh
Received directly
₹38,261
Spent
₹78.73 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹40.50 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.28 lakh · received ₹30.45 lakh · spent ₹21.26 lakh · left ₹20.71 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.46 lakh · received ₹43.65 lakh · spent ₹57.46 lakh · left ₹19.79 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5339, 88.6987 —
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