Akharpur
Basirhat-I block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743292
· village code 323546
Population 2011
6,204
Census of India
Population 2020
10,365
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+67.1%
4,161 people · 5.9% a year
Households
1,706
+33.6% vs 1,277 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,204
Male / female
3,148 / 3,056
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
971
Children aged 0–6
914
Literacy rate
58.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
716 / 6
Working population
2,205
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
27.1%
Households
1,277
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
138
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,003
Non-farm households
671
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
52 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
52 / 50 / 51
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gochha Akharpur 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
₹36.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹68.17 lakh
Received directly
₹28,021
Spent
₹68.21 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.73 lakh · received ₹28.01 lakh · spent ₹29.92 lakh · left ₹14.11 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.75 lakh · received ₹40.16 lakh · spent ₹38.29 lakh · left ₹22.62 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6847, 88.9143 —
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