Durgapur
Shamsherganj block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742224
· village code 313864
Population 2011
4,169
Census of India
Population 2020
5,791
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+38.9%
1,622 people · 3.7% a year
Households
1,053
+19.9% vs 878 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,169
Male / female
2,054 / 2,115
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,030
Children aged 0–6
712
Literacy rate
46.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
839 / 12
Working population
1,933
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
1.4%
Households
878
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
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
381
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
76
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
320
Non-farm households
733
Share of households farming, 2020
30%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
13 / 20 / 40
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nimtita panchayat, Shamsherganj 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
₹91.81 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.26 crore
Received directly
₹1.98 lakh
Spent
₹1.42 crore
Unspent at year end
₹77.47 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30.21 lakh · received ₹51.81 lakh · spent ₹57.57 lakh · left ₹26.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹61.60 lakh · received ₹74.16 lakh · spent ₹84.72 lakh · left ₹51.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.6667, 87.9536 —
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