Dighra
Raina-Ii block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713421
· village code 321033
Population 2011
986
Census of India
Population 2020
1,096
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.2%
110 people · 1.2% a year
Households
272
+24.2% vs 219 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
986
Male / female
502 / 484
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
964
Children aged 0–6
113
Literacy rate
73.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
491 / 1
Working population
324
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.0%
Households
219
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
184
Non-farm households
47
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
86 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
86 / 23 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Arui panchayat, Raina-Ii 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
₹33.11 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹56.07 lakh
Received directly
₹49,190
Spent
₹54.53 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹35.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.56 lakh · received ₹23.04 lakh · spent ₹19.34 lakh · left ₹9.76 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹27.55 lakh · received ₹33.03 lakh · spent ₹35.19 lakh · left ₹25.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1532, 87.8113 —
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