Dhamas
Raina-I block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713124
· village code 320772
Population 2011
2,289
Census of India
Population 2020
1,490
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-34.9%
-799 people · -4.7% a year
Households
370
-27.0% vs 507 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,289
Male / female
1,183 / 1,106
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
935
Children aged 0–6
234
Literacy rate
70.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
618 / 277
Working population
820
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.0%
Households
507
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
60
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
326
Non-farm households
44
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
142 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
142 / 20 / 120
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Natu panchayat, Raina-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
₹51.42 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹88.18 lakh
Received directly
₹28,367
Spent
₹97.03 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹42.86 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.43 lakh · received ₹36.24 lakh · spent ₹29.81 lakh · left ₹21.14 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.99 lakh · received ₹51.94 lakh · spent ₹67.22 lakh · left ₹21.71 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0828, 87.9465 —
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