Poragachha
Krishnagar-I block · Nadia
district, West Bengal · PIN 741161
· village code 321737
Population 2011
2,133
Census of India
Population 2020
2,535
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.9%
402 people · 1.9% a year
Households
569
+14.0% vs 499 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,133
Male / female
1,142 / 991
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
868
Children aged 0–6
211
Literacy rate
64.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
721 / 362
Working population
715
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
63.5%
Households
499
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
115
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
349
Non-farm households
105
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
155 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
140 / 155 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Poragachha panchayat, Krishnagar-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
₹93.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹81.60 lakh
Received directly
₹1.49 lakh
Spent
₹1.38 crore
Unspent at year end
₹38.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹38.68 lakh · received ₹33.54 lakh · spent ₹57.56 lakh · left ₹16.16 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹55.19 lakh · received ₹48.07 lakh · spent ₹80.68 lakh · left ₹22.58 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4234, 88.5592 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Nadia ·
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