Ala
Dhaniakhali block · Hooghly
district, West Bengal · PIN 712302
· village code 324631
Population 2011
1,029
Census of India
Population 2020
1,065
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.5%
36 people · 0.4% a year
Households
250
0.0% vs 250 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,029
Male / female
528 / 501
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
949
Children aged 0–6
79
Literacy rate
75.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
341 / 69
Working population
396
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
37.1%
Households
250
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
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
105
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
94
Non-farm households
6
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 10 / 1
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Somaspur-I panchayat, Dhaniakhali 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
₹35.23 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹47.21 lakh
Received directly
₹51,169
Spent
₹63.52 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹19.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.90 lakh · received ₹19.44 lakh · spent ₹19.77 lakh · left ₹12.08 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.33 lakh · received ₹27.77 lakh · spent ₹43.75 lakh · left ₹7.35 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.9730, 88.0657 —
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