Pokharia
Goalpokhar-I block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733208
· village code 309072
Population 2011
5,541
Census of India
Population 2020
7,071
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.6%
1,530 people · 2.7% a year
Households
1,202
+17.3% vs 1,025 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,541
Male / female
2,894 / 2,647
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
915
Children aged 0–6
1,001
Literacy rate
42.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,434 / 268
Working population
1,752
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.0%
Households
1,025
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
455
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
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
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
300 / 250 / 65
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pokharia panchayat, Goalpokher - 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
₹37.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.01 crore
Received directly
₹33,293
Spent
₹91.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹47.84 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.78 lakh · received ₹41.61 lakh · spent ₹22.51 lakh · left ₹21.21 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.74 lakh · received ₹59.55 lakh · spent ₹68.66 lakh · left ₹26.63 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1622, 88.0877 —
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