Bara Dongal
Arambagh block · Hooghly
district, West Bengal · PIN 712617
· village code 324312
Population 2011
2,771
Census of India
Population 2020
3,020
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.0%
249 people · 1.0% a year
Households
715
+9.0% vs 656 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,771
Male / female
1,396 / 1,375
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
985
Children aged 0–6
251
Literacy rate
76.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
819 / 17
Working population
1,293
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
40.2%
Households
656
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
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
135
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
265
Non-farm households
95
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
12 / 15 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Salepur-Ii panchayat, Arambagh 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
₹41.68 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹56.19 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹60.22 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹37.65 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.34 lakh · received ₹23.09 lakh · spent ₹28.69 lakh · left ₹11.74 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.34 lakh · received ₹33.10 lakh · spent ₹31.53 lakh · left ₹25.91 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7928, 87.7729 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Hooghly district ·
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staffing across Hooghly ·
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