Mahashunda
Itahar block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733143
· village code 310130
Population 2011
1,891
Census of India
Population 2020
3,263
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+72.5%
1,372 people · 6.2% a year
Households
472
+12.7% vs 419 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,891
Male / female
948 / 943
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
995
Children aged 0–6
233
Literacy rate
58.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
429 / 5
Working population
744
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
40.9%
Households
419
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
35
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
7
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
360
Non-farm households
105
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 10 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Durgapur panchayat, Itahar 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
₹1.04 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.03 crore
Received directly
₹56,494
Spent
₹1.50 crore
Unspent at year end
₹57.99 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹45.58 lakh · received ₹42.48 lakh · spent ₹65.27 lakh · left ₹23.36 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹58.39 lakh · received ₹60.80 lakh · spent ₹84.55 lakh · left ₹34.63 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5315, 88.1584 —
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