Naigachhi
Gaighata block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743252
· village code 322704
Population 2011
1,720
Census of India
Population 2020
1,912
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.2%
192 people · 1.2% a year
Households
516
+28.0% vs 403 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,720
Male / female
883 / 837
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
948
Children aged 0–6
182
Literacy rate
71.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
500 / 16
Working population
586
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
62.5%
Households
403
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
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
79
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
496
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
81 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
68 / 81 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dharmapur-I 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
₹52.21 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹70.38 lakh
Received directly
₹1.10 lakh
Spent
₹86.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.83 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.91 lakh · received ₹28.92 lakh · spent ₹30.53 lakh · left ₹16.40 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.31 lakh · received ₹41.46 lakh · spent ₹56.33 lakh · left ₹20.43 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8829, 88.7112 —
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