Duma
Gaighata block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743245
· village code 322734
Population 2011
2,976
Census of India
Population 2020
3,152
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.9%
176 people · 0.6% a year
Households
690
+0.9% vs 684 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,976
Male / female
1,536 / 1,440
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
938
Children aged 0–6
337
Literacy rate
63.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,866 / 3
Working population
1,061
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.6%
Households
684
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
65
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
320
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
121 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
66 / 121 / 31
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Duma 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
₹85.20 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.10 crore
Received directly
₹1.25 lakh
Spent
₹1.25 crore
Unspent at year end
₹71.42 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30.74 lakh · received ₹45.37 lakh · spent ₹50.48 lakh · left ₹26.88 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹54.45 lakh · received ₹64.93 lakh · spent ₹74.85 lakh · left ₹44.53 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.9730, 88.7897 —
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