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Gourhanda

Chanchal-Ii block · Maldah district, West Bengal · PIN 732123 · village code 312260

Population 2011
3,857
Census of India
Population 2020
4,045
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.9%
188 people · 0.5% a year
Households
750
-12.9% vs 861 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population
3,857
Male / female
1,973 / 1,884
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
955
Children aged 0–6
636
Literacy rate
50.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
841 / 0
Working population
1,425
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.4%
Households
861

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
215
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
8
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
225 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
225 / 174 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Gourhanda panchayat, Chanchal-Ii 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
₹71.97 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹85.04 lakh
Received directly
₹1.01 lakh
Spent
₹93.66 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹64.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.86 lakh · received ₹34.95 lakh · spent ₹34.23 lakh · left ₹28.59 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹45.11 lakh · received ₹50.09 lakh · spent ₹59.44 lakh · left ₹35.77 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.3333, 88.0334 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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