Belan
Goalpokhar Ii block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733208
· village code 309217
Population 2011
4,054
Census of India
Population 2020
4,968
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.6%
914 people · 2.3% a year
Households
891
+13.8% vs 783 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,054
Male / female
2,126 / 1,928
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
907
Children aged 0–6
838
Literacy rate
35.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,364 / 0
Working population
1,214
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.3%
Households
783
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
142
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
505
Non-farm households
265
Share of households farming, 2020
66%
Net sown area
165 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
165 / 160 / 13
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Belon panchayat, Goalpokher - Ii 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
₹82.54 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.26 crore
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.47 crore
Unspent at year end
₹61.31 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.23 lakh · received ₹51.62 lakh · spent ₹42.32 lakh · left ₹24.53 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹67.31 lakh · received ₹73.89 lakh · spent ₹1.04 crore · left ₹36.78 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3063, 88.2572 —
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