Chakram
Balurghat block · Dinajpur Dakshin
district, West Bengal · PIN 733103
· village code 311182
Population 2011
1,320
Census of India
Population 2020
2,037
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+54.3%
717 people · 4.9% a year
Households
410
+23.9% vs 331 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,320
Male / female
678 / 642
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
947
Children aged 0–6
148
Literacy rate
61.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
429 / 301
Working population
574
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.2%
Households
331
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
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
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
160
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
95
Non-farm households
45
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
70 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 25 / 15
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
25.2475, 88.7444 —
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