Malahar
Tapan block · Dinajpur Dakshin
district, West Bengal · PIN 733140
· village code 311479
Population 2011
1,302
Census of India
Population 2020
1,523
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.0%
221 people · 1.8% a year
Households
350
+13.3% vs 309 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,302
Male / female
659 / 643
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
976
Children aged 0–6
157
Literacy rate
58.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
233 / 168
Working population
492
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.9%
Households
309
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
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
48
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
265
Non-farm households
85
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
120 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
46 / 120 / 80
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Harsura 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
₹81.30 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹77.45 lakh
Received directly
₹44,543
Spent
₹1.22 crore
Unspent at year end
₹37.67 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.49 lakh · received ₹31.83 lakh · spent ₹40.42 lakh · left ₹18.33 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹54.81 lakh · received ₹45.62 lakh · spent ₹81.09 lakh · left ₹19.34 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3694, 88.5981 —
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