Amar
Raiganj block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733156
· village code 309598
Population 2011
1,416
Census of India
Population 2020
2,256
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+59.3%
840 people · 5.3% a year
Households
427
+58.1% vs 270 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,416
Male / female
704 / 712
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,011
Children aged 0–6
292
Literacy rate
46.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
25 / 547
Working population
707
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.3%
Households
270
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
150
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
250
Non-farm households
177
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 20 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jagadishpur panchayat, Raiganj 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
₹97.01 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.10 crore
Received directly
₹2.45 lakh
Spent
₹1.60 crore
Unspent at year end
₹49.47 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.61 lakh · received ₹45.08 lakh · spent ₹51.69 lakh · left ₹22.45 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹70.40 lakh · received ₹64.52 lakh · spent ₹1.08 crore · left ₹27.02 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4414, 88.1721 —
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