Chhota Karai
Bansihari block · Dinajpur Dakshin
district, West Bengal · PIN 733121
· village code 311767
Population 2011
417
Census of India
Population 2020
780
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+87.0%
363 people · 7.2% a year
Households
245
+126.8% vs 108 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
417
Male / female
215 / 202
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
940
Children aged 0–6
60
Literacy rate
49.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
262 / 152
Working population
281
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.0%
Households
108
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
130
Non-farm households
60
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 15 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ellahabad panchayat, Bansihari 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
₹63.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.32 crore
Received directly
₹67,537
Spent
₹1.39 crore
Unspent at year end
₹56.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.56 lakh · received ₹41.80 lakh · spent ₹45.80 lakh · left ₹25.23 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.49 lakh · received ₹90.30 lakh · spent ₹93.06 lakh · left ₹31.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3748, 88.4343 —
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