Chaura
Basirhat-I block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743422
· village code 323538
Population 2011
2,594
Census of India
Population 2020
2,818
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.6%
224 people · 0.9% a year
Households
712
+26.0% vs 565 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,594
Male / female
1,327 / 1,267
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
955
Children aged 0–6
357
Literacy rate
63.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
15 / 10
Working population
810
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
21.1%
Households
565
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation 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
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
283
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
145 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
145 / 85 / 32
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sangrampur Shibhati panchayat, Basirhat-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
₹39.65 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹72.47 lakh
Received directly
₹58,025
Spent
₹66.97 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹45.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.30 lakh · received ₹29.78 lakh · spent ₹24.11 lakh · left ₹19.55 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.35 lakh · received ₹42.69 lakh · spent ₹42.86 lakh · left ₹26.18 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6667, 88.8441 —
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