Goghata
Nawda block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742121
· village code 315526
Population 2011
8,627
Census of India
Population 2020
9,593
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.2%
966 people · 1.2% a year
Households
2,255
+11.2% vs 2,028 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8,627
Male / female
4,451 / 4,176
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
938
Children aged 0–6
1,089
Literacy rate
55.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
498 / 9
Working population
2,647
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.8%
Households
2,028
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
248
Teachers
14
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,655
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
348 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
310 / 348 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chandpur panchayat, Nawda 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
₹69.89 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹68.43 lakh
Received directly
₹1.72 lakh
Spent
₹85.63 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹54.41 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.76 lakh · received ₹28.12 lakh · spent ₹26.68 lakh · left ₹13.92 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹59.14 lakh · received ₹40.31 lakh · spent ₹58.95 lakh · left ₹40.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.8617, 88.4666 —
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