Gorara
Nabagram block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742184
· village code 315004
Population 2011
1,252
Census of India
Population 2020
1,392
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.2%
140 people · 1.2% a year
Households
300
+20.0% vs 250 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,252
Male / female
658 / 594
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
903
Children aged 0–6
145
Literacy rate
62.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
63 / 195
Working population
386
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.0%
Households
250
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
226
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
230
Non-farm households
70
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mahurul panchayat, Nabagram 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
₹87.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹99.49 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.14 crore
Unspent at year end
₹72.50 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.97 lakh · received ₹40.93 lakh · spent ₹42.29 lakh · left ₹26.61 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹59.22 lakh · received ₹58.57 lakh · spent ₹71.89 lakh · left ₹45.89 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1894, 88.0866 —
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How this village compares
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