Alfa
Chapra block · Nadia
district, West Bengal · PIN 741124
· village code 321538
Population 2011
2,688
Census of India
Population 2020
3,020
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.3%
332 people · 1.3% a year
Households
692
+4.5% vs 662 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,688
Male / female
1,388 / 1,300
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
937
Children aged 0–6
362
Literacy rate
53.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
201 / 0
Working population
777
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.9%
Households
662
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
150
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
544
Non-farm households
148
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 200 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Alfa panchayat, Chapra 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
₹59.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹83.66 lakh
Received directly
₹46,841
Spent
₹1.01 crore
Unspent at year end
₹42.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.85 lakh · received ₹34.38 lakh · spent ₹23.87 lakh · left ₹17.83 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹52.81 lakh · received ₹49.28 lakh · spent ₹77.28 lakh · left ₹24.81 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.5856, 88.5307 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Nadia district ·
School
staffing across Nadia ·
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