Dakshin Basantapur
Goalpokhar-I block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733210
· village code 309172
Population 2011
2,424
Census of India
Population 2020
2,560
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.6%
136 people · 0.6% a year
Households
540
+21.1% vs 446 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,424
Male / female
1,258 / 1,166
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
927
Children aged 0–6
392
Literacy rate
39.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
490 / 0
Working population
729
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.8%
Households
446
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Goagaon-Ii panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
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
250
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
510
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
300 / 100 / 100
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Goagaon-Ii 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
₹67.54 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹91.84 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.16 crore
Unspent at year end
₹43.55 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.63 lakh · received ₹37.74 lakh · spent ₹37.52 lakh · left ₹18.85 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹48.91 lakh · received ₹54.10 lakh · spent ₹78.30 lakh · left ₹24.71 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0901, 88.0735 —
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