Bhandani
Dhupguri block · Jalpaiguri
district, West Bengal · PIN 735210
· village code 307470
Population 2011
2,968
Census of India
Population 2020
3,350
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.9%
382 people · 1.4% a year
Households
717
+6.5% vs 673 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,968
Male / female
1,537 / 1,431
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
931
Children aged 0–6
416
Literacy rate
61.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,760 / 107
Working population
1,541
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.3%
Households
673
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
340
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
85
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
210 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
210 / 210 / 59
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gadhearkuthi panchayat, Dhupguri 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
₹72.65 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹92.28 lakh
Received directly
₹91,170
Spent
₹1.35 crore
Unspent at year end
₹30.45 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.08 lakh · received ₹37.92 lakh · spent ₹43.32 lakh · left ₹14.59 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹53.57 lakh · received ₹54.36 lakh · spent ₹92.07 lakh · left ₹15.86 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5405, 89.1215 —
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