Ghona
Basirhat-Ii block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743445
· village code 323632
Population 2011
5,763
Census of India
Population 2020
6,112
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.1%
349 people · 0.7% a year
Households
1,346
+3.1% vs 1,305 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,763
Male / female
2,917 / 2,846
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
976
Children aged 0–6
719
Literacy rate
66.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
83 / 293
Working population
1,997
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
45.1%
Households
1,305
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
470
Teachers
11
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
855
Non-farm households
491
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
180 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
180 / 130 / 26
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chita panchayat, Basirhat-Ii 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
₹43.90 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹91.67 lakh
Received directly
₹1.40 lakh
Spent
₹1.06 crore
Unspent at year end
₹31.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.85 lakh · received ₹37.67 lakh · spent ₹42.21 lakh · left ₹10.55 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.06 lakh · received ₹54.00 lakh · spent ₹63.38 lakh · left ₹20.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5045, 88.7591 —
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