Dakshin Chakalam
Balurghat block · Dinajpur Dakshin
district, West Bengal · PIN 733103
· village code 311349
Population 2011
393
Census of India
Population 2020
375
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-4.6%
-18 people · -0.5% a year
Households
90
-6.3% vs 96 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
393
Male / female
199 / 194
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
975
Children aged 0–6
35
Literacy rate
82.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
135 / 195
Working population
143
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.6%
Households
96
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 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
20
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
7
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
25 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
25 / 25 / 12
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chingishpur 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
₹80.69 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹80.66 lakh
Received directly
₹1.53 lakh
Spent
₹1.19 crore
Unspent at year end
₹43.50 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹32.35 lakh · received ₹33.15 lakh · spent ₹46.87 lakh · left ₹19.98 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹48.34 lakh · received ₹47.51 lakh · spent ₹72.51 lakh · left ₹23.52 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2072, 88.8979 —
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