Astara
Tarakeswar block · Hooghly
district, West Bengal · PIN 712401
· village code 324506
Population 2011
6,590
Census of India
Population 2020
6,992
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.1%
402 people · 0.7% a year
Households
1,665
+9.8% vs 1,516 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,590
Male / female
3,428 / 3,162
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
922
Children aged 0–6
613
Literacy rate
75.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
624 / 80
Working population
2,721
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.8%
Households
1,516
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
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
122
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
41
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,627
Non-farm households
37
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
274 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
274 / 274 / 273
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ashtaradattapur panchayat, Tarakeswar 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
₹18.81 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹44.73 lakh
Received directly
₹39,763
Spent
₹54.98 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.52 lakh · received ₹18.42 lakh · spent ₹15.73 lakh · left ₹7.21 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.29 lakh · received ₹26.30 lakh · spent ₹39.25 lakh · left ₹1.74 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8468, 88.0033 —
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