Degaon
Tapan block · Dinajpur Dakshin
district, West Bengal · PIN 733142
· village code 311422
Population 2011
1,337
Census of India
Population 2020
1,495
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.8%
158 people · 1.2% a year
Households
380
+13.8% vs 334 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,337
Male / female
686 / 651
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
949
Children aged 0–6
147
Literacy rate
53.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,314 / 16
Working population
564
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.1%
Households
334
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
65
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
310
Non-farm households
45
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
25 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
19 / 25 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ajmatpur panchayat, Tapan 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
₹72.90 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹90.33 lakh
Received directly
₹1.33 lakh
Spent
₹1.11 crore
Unspent at year end
₹53.47 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹24.79 lakh · received ₹37.12 lakh · spent ₹38.18 lakh · left ₹25.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹48.11 lakh · received ₹53.21 lakh · spent ₹72.91 lakh · left ₹28.40 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3670, 88.5168 —
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