Gachha
Basirhat-I block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743292
· village code 323548
Population 2011
6,489
Census of India
Population 2020
10,105
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+55.7%
3,616 people · 5.0% a year
Households
1,830
+31.6% vs 1,391 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,489
Male / female
3,317 / 3,172
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
956
Children aged 0–6
779
Literacy rate
64.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,162 / 22
Working population
2,425
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
61.3%
Households
1,391
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
1,075
Teachers
28
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,201
Non-farm households
629
Share of households farming, 2020
66%
Net sown area
269 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
269 / 206 / 90
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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