Palaighata
Beldanga-I block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742133
· village code 315574
Population 2011
1,430
Census of India
Population 2020
1,802
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.0%
372 people · 2.6% a year
Households
489
+46.9% vs 333 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,430
Male / female
722 / 708
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
981
Children aged 0–6
167
Literacy rate
65.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
791 / 0
Working population
529
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
47.1%
Households
333
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 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
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
74
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
347
Non-farm households
142
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 14 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chaitanyapur-Ii panchayat, Beldanga-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
₹66.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹52.52 lakh
Received directly
₹1.02 lakh
Spent
₹79.61 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.59 lakh · received ₹21.58 lakh · spent ₹27.88 lakh · left ₹10.31 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹50.45 lakh · received ₹30.94 lakh · spent ₹51.74 lakh · left ₹29.65 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0000, 88.2809 —
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