Digha
Bhagawangola-I block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742135
· village code 314460
Population 2011
6,171
Census of India
Population 2020
7,718
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.1%
1,547 people · 2.5% a year
Households
1,415
0.0% vs 1,415 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,171
Male / female
3,133 / 3,038
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
970
Children aged 0–6
950
Literacy rate
48.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
848 / 1
Working population
2,082
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
51.3%
Households
1,415
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
260
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
52
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2
Non-farm households
2
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
125 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
125 / 100 / 75
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mahisasthali panchayat, Bhagawangola-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
₹1.70 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.48 crore
Received directly
₹2.65 lakh
Spent
₹2.10 crore
Unspent at year end
₹1.11 crore
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹43.64 lakh · received ₹61.04 lakh · spent ₹73.28 lakh · left ₹34.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.26 crore · received ₹87.40 lakh · spent ₹1.37 crore · left ₹76.95 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2883, 88.2826 —
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