Dahira
Sainthia block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731234
· village code 317316
Population 2011
1,312
Census of India
Population 2020
1,635
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+24.6%
323 people · 2.5% a year
Households
372
+28.3% vs 290 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,312
Male / female
712 / 600
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
843
Children aged 0–6
132
Literacy rate
66.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
786 / 1
Working population
644
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.1%
Households
290
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
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
81
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
360
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
160 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
160 / 100 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Banagram panchayat, Sainthia 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
₹30.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹72.03 lakh
Received directly
₹2.51 lakh
Spent
₹65.45 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.88 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.33 lakh · received ₹29.60 lakh · spent ₹20.86 lakh · left ₹15.58 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.46 lakh · received ₹42.43 lakh · spent ₹44.59 lakh · left ₹24.30 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2703, 87.8352 —
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