Basanta
Hili block · Dinajpur Dakshin
district, West Bengal · PIN 733126
· village code 311022
Population 2011
588
Census of India
Population 2020
744
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.5%
156 people · 2.6% a year
Households
160
+13.5% vs 141 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
588
Male / female
302 / 286
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
947
Children aged 0–6
55
Literacy rate
70.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
125 / 82
Working population
191
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.3%
Households
141
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
52
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
78
Non-farm households
82
Share of households farming, 2020
49%
Net sown area
24 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
24 / 0 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhalpara panchayat, Hili 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
₹55.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹76.40 lakh
Received directly
₹1.13 lakh
Spent
₹93.00 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹40.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.50 lakh · received ₹31.40 lakh · spent ₹42.54 lakh · left ₹13.48 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.99 lakh · received ₹45.00 lakh · spent ₹50.46 lakh · left ₹26.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2793, 88.9307 —
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