Alihanda
Chanchal-I block · Maldah
district, West Bengal · PIN 732123
· village code 312207
Population 2011
960
Census of India
Population 2020
1,167
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.6%
207 people · 2.2% a year
Households
272
+14.8% vs 237 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
960
Male / female
499 / 461
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
924
Children aged 0–6
138
Literacy rate
49.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
400 / 0
Working population
615
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.3%
Households
237
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
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
189
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
47
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
15
Non-farm households
13
Share of households farming, 2020
54%
Net sown area
90 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
90 / 22 / 20
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Alihanda panchayat, Chanchal-I 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
₹48.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹62.48 lakh
Received directly
₹73,510
Spent
₹87.65 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.79 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.00 lakh · received ₹25.68 lakh · spent ₹37.30 lakh · left ₹7.11 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.22 lakh · received ₹36.81 lakh · spent ₹50.35 lakh · left ₹16.68 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4223, 87.9879 —
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