Dakshin Maheshpur
Itahar block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733128
· village code 310314
Population 2011
168
Census of India
Population 2020
187
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.3%
19 people · 1.2% a year
Households
38
+5.6% vs 36 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
168
Male / female
85 / 83
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
976
Children aged 0–6
37
Literacy rate
30.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 166
Working population
98
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.9%
Households
36
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
35
Non-farm households
3
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
35 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
35 / 15 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Joyhat 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
₹63.56 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹96.47 lakh
Received directly
₹2.07 lakh
Spent
₹1.14 crore
Unspent at year end
₹48.57 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.95 lakh · received ₹39.69 lakh · spent ₹45.31 lakh · left ₹19.40 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹40.61 lakh · received ₹56.78 lakh · spent ₹68.22 lakh · left ₹29.17 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4595, 88.1654 —
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