Sohar
Karandighi block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733215
· village code 309513
Population 2011
4,893
Census of India
Population 2020
5,560
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.6%
667 people · 1.4% a year
Households
905
+7.6% vs 841 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,893
Male / female
2,500 / 2,393
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
957
Children aged 0–6
947
Literacy rate
41.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
457 / 183
Working population
1,741
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
60.2%
Households
841
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
175
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
20
Non-farm households
450
Share of households farming, 2020
4%
Net sown area
42 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
32 / 42 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karandighi-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
₹32.28 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹80.36 lakh
Received directly
₹1.36 lakh
Spent
₹77.30 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.70 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.04 lakh · received ₹33.02 lakh · spent ₹25.97 lakh · left ₹16.45 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.24 lakh · received ₹47.33 lakh · spent ₹51.33 lakh · left ₹20.24 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8198, 87.9315 —
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