Sholpara
Goalpokhar-I block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733210
· village code 309199
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 4,045 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,810 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
4,045
Male / female
2,075 / 1,970
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
949
Children aged 0–6
867
Literacy rate
33.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
878 / 677
Working population
1,797
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.5%
Households
779
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
140
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
302
Non-farm households
75
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 50 / 35
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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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Dinajpur Uttar district ·
School
staffing across Dinajpur Uttar ·
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