Dighirpahar
Raninagar-I block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742304
· village code 314794
Population 2011
5,202
Census of India
Population 2020
6,482
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+24.6%
1,280 people · 2.5% a year
Households
1,426
+16.8% vs 1,221 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,202
Male / female
2,678 / 2,524
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
942
Children aged 0–6
761
Literacy rate
59.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
70 / 0
Working population
1,784
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
61.7%
Households
1,221
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
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
349
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,214
Non-farm households
201
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
126 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
126 / 100 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Islampurchak panchayat, Raninagar-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
₹1.05 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.38 crore
Received directly
₹1.20 lakh
Spent
₹1.64 crore
Unspent at year end
₹79.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹52.33 lakh · received ₹56.60 lakh · spent ₹67.07 lakh · left ₹43.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹52.91 lakh · received ₹81.03 lakh · spent ₹97.42 lakh · left ₹36.52 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0901, 88.2442 —
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