Soshilapur
Karandighi block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733201
· village code 309399
Population 2011
1,006
Census of India
Population 2020
1,890
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+87.9%
884 people · 7.3% a year
Households
275
+47.9% vs 186 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,006
Male / female
538 / 468
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
870
Children aged 0–6
175
Literacy rate
41.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
277 / 240
Working population
363
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.2%
Households
186
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
145
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
12
Non-farm households
120
Share of households farming, 2020
9%
Net sown area
35 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
35 / 19 / 14
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Raniganj 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
₹68.12 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.18 crore
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.37 crore
Unspent at year end
₹48.65 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.90 lakh · received ₹48.39 lakh · spent ₹56.30 lakh · left ₹17.99 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹42.23 lakh · received ₹69.26 lakh · spent ₹80.83 lakh · left ₹30.66 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8739, 87.9317 —
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