Choragachhi
Kushmandi block · Dinajpur Dakshin
district, West Bengal · PIN 733132
· village code 310437
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 691 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 360 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
691
Male / female
341 / 350
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,026
Children aged 0–6
90
Literacy rate
69.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
180
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.3%
Households
143
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
120
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
67 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
67 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karanji panchayat, Kushmandi 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
₹62.94 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹94.07 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.32 crore
Unspent at year end
₹24.66 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.01 lakh · received ₹38.70 lakh · spent ₹47.18 lakh · left ₹10.53 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹43.93 lakh · received ₹55.37 lakh · spent ₹85.17 lakh · left ₹14.13 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5676, 88.4246 —
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