Mahishnota
Hili block · Dinajpur Dakshin
district, West Bengal · PIN 733126
· village code 311025
Population 2011
1,413
Census of India
Population 2020
1,750
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.9%
337 people · 2.4% a year
Households
392
+13.6% vs 345 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,413
Male / female
736 / 677
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
920
Children aged 0–6
142
Literacy rate
65.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
165 / 133
Working population
727
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
43.7%
Households
345
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
95
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
206
Non-farm households
186
Share of households farming, 2020
53%
Net sown area
33 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
33 / 32 / 0
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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