Sitahar
Kumarganj block · Dinajpur Dakshin
district, West Bengal · PIN 733141
· village code 310873
Population 2011
1,537
Census of India
Population 2020
2,110
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+37.3%
573 people · 3.6% a year
Households
520
+54.3% vs 337 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,537
Male / female
804 / 733
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
912
Children aged 0–6
223
Literacy rate
71.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
22 / 25
Working population
524
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.0%
Households
337
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
95
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
506
Non-farm households
14
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
120 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
120 / 30 / 11
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhour panchayat, Kumarganj 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
₹75.86 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹51.44 lakh
Received directly
₹1.27 lakh
Spent
₹94.01 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.57 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.66 lakh · received ₹21.14 lakh · spent ₹35.97 lakh · left ₹9.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹53.20 lakh · received ₹30.30 lakh · spent ₹58.04 lakh · left ₹25.47 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4386, 88.8017 —
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