Bara Shikarpur
Goalpokhar Ii block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733211
· village code 309340
Population 2011
1,892
Census of India
Population 2020
2,163
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.3%
271 people · 1.5% a year
Households
430
+19.1% vs 361 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,892
Male / female
946 / 946
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,000
Children aged 0–6
372
Literacy rate
38.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
10 / 0
Working population
539
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.3%
Households
361
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
150
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
323
Non-farm households
107
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
130 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
130 / 120 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chakulia 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
₹74.89 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.31 crore
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.45 crore
Unspent at year end
₹60.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.48 lakh · received ₹53.74 lakh · spent ₹47.65 lakh · left ₹26.57 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹54.41 lakh · received ₹76.93 lakh · spent ₹96.96 lakh · left ₹34.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0180, 87.9792 —
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