Pothimari
Karandighi block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733215
· village code 309529
Population 2011
1,122
Census of India
Population 2020
1,280
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.1%
158 people · 1.5% a year
Households
285
+10.5% vs 258 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,122
Male / female
576 / 546
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
948
Children aged 0–6
162
Literacy rate
51.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,084 / 26
Working population
393
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.0%
Households
258
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
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
180
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
18
Non-farm households
145
Share of households farming, 2020
11%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
17 / 20 / 10
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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