Mahishgram
Burwan block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742168
· village code 315851
Population 2011
3,541
Census of India
Population 2020
4,082
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.3%
541 people · 1.6% a year
Households
954
+16.9% vs 816 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,541
Male / female
1,821 / 1,720
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
945
Children aged 0–6
468
Literacy rate
59.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,067 / 46
Working population
1,054
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.6%
Households
816
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
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
224
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
865
Non-farm households
89
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
348 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
348 / 103 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sabaldaha panchayat, Burwan 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
₹90.85 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹64.41 lakh
Received directly
₹5.00 lakh
Spent
₹63.26 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹96.99 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹31.80 lakh · received ₹26.47 lakh · spent ₹24.21 lakh · left ₹39.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹59.04 lakh · received ₹37.94 lakh · spent ₹39.05 lakh · left ₹57.93 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9640, 87.9210 —
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