Babhania
Karandighi block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733209
· village code 309375
Population 2011
1,992
Census of India
Population 2020
2,323
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.6%
331 people · 1.7% a year
Households
512
+42.6% vs 359 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,992
Male / female
1,032 / 960
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
930
Children aged 0–6
358
Literacy rate
43.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
714 / 63
Working population
630
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.5%
Households
359
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
194
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
39
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
362
Non-farm households
92
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
102 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
91 / 102 / 12
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dalkhola-I panchayat, Karandighi 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
₹14.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹77.84 lakh
Received directly
₹28,080
Spent
₹62.71 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.81 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.82 lakh · received ₹24.61 lakh · spent ₹24.70 lakh · left ₹13.01 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.59 lakh · received ₹53.23 lakh · spent ₹38.01 lakh · left ₹16.80 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0000, 87.8655 —
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