Helar Chak
Arambagh block · Hooghly
district, West Bengal · PIN 712613
· village code 324323
Population 2011
655
Census of India
Population 2020
1,089
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+66.3%
434 people · 5.8% a year
Households
243
+68.8% vs 144 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
655
Male / female
333 / 322
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
967
Children aged 0–6
63
Literacy rate
71.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
296 / 0
Working population
207
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.7%
Households
144
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
55
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
95
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
66%
Net sown area
0 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gourhati-I 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
₹34.17 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹66.74 lakh
Received directly
₹54,642
Spent
₹71.73 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.72 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.31 lakh · received ₹27.43 lakh · spent ₹27.97 lakh · left ₹11.31 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.86 lakh · received ₹39.31 lakh · spent ₹43.76 lakh · left ₹18.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7928, 87.8316 —
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