Choa
Hariharpara block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742166
· village code 315510
Population 2011
17,672
Census of India
Population 2020
19,689
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.4%
2,017 people · 1.2% a year
Households
4,889
+9.3% vs 4,471 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
17,672
Male / female
8,892 / 8,780
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
987
Children aged 0–6
1,955
Literacy rate
60.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,142 / 183
Working population
6,117
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
63.8%
Households
4,471
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
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
1,479
Teachers
59
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
5
Non-farm households
3,227
Share of households farming, 2020
0%
Net sown area
504 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
504 / 490 / 319
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Choa panchayat, Hariharpara 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
₹78.39 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.06 crore
Received directly
₹1.86 lakh
Spent
₹1.11 crore
Unspent at year end
₹75.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.56 lakh · received ₹43.57 lakh · spent ₹42.72 lakh · left ₹30.27 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹50.83 lakh · received ₹62.36 lakh · spent ₹67.97 lakh · left ₹45.21 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0180, 88.4511 —
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