Chak Bhikan
Balurghat block · Dinajpur Dakshin
district, West Bengal · PIN 733103
· village code 311175
Population 2011
530
Census of India
Population 2020
633
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.4%
103 people · 2.0% a year
Households
162
+20.0% vs 135 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
530
Male / female
265 / 265
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,000
Children aged 0–6
44
Literacy rate
61.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
526 / 3
Working population
203
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
64.0%
Households
135
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 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 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
25
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
45 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
45 / 25 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Vatpara panchayat, Balurghat 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
₹71.56 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹84.11 lakh
Received directly
₹1.31 lakh
Spent
₹1.05 crore
Unspent at year end
₹51.70 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹32.10 lakh · received ₹34.56 lakh · spent ₹35.29 lakh · left ₹32.69 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹39.45 lakh · received ₹49.54 lakh · spent ₹69.99 lakh · left ₹19.01 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2882, 88.6915 —
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