Maraldanga
Gaighata block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743249
· village code 322679
Population 2011
2,039
Census of India
Population 2020
2,234
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.6%
195 people · 1.0% a year
Households
580
+24.5% vs 466 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,039
Male / female
1,057 / 982
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
929
Children aged 0–6
204
Literacy rate
67.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
727 / 0
Working population
716
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.9%
Households
466
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
105
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
500
Non-farm households
80
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
201 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
201 / 120 / 80
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dharmapur-Ii panchayat, Gaighata 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
₹36.45 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹76.59 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.08 crore
Unspent at year end
₹5.35 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.58 lakh · received ₹31.48 lakh · spent ₹38.83 lakh · left ₹4.23 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.86 lakh · received ₹45.12 lakh · spent ₹68.86 lakh · left ₹1.12 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8936, 88.6963 —
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