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Digha

Pandua block · Hooghly district, West Bengal · PIN 712149 · village code 324830

Population 2011
1,959
Census of India
Population 2020
2,001
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.1%
42 people · 0.2% a year
Households
428
-2.7% vs 440 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population
1,959
Male / female
1,009 / 950
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
942
Children aged 0–6
187
Literacy rate
68.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
693 / 197
Working population
1,238
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.8%
Households
440

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
109
Teachers
18
Students per teacher
6
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
324
Non-farm households
104
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
110 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
110 / 76 / 19
Main irrigation source
Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Jayerdwarbasini panchayat, Pandua 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
₹45.34 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹62.83 lakh
Received directly
₹27,157
Spent
₹72.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹35.67 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.97 lakh · received ₹25.82 lakh · spent ₹20.36 lakh · left ₹16.70 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.38 lakh · received ₹37.01 lakh · spent ₹52.41 lakh · left ₹18.97 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

23.0090, 88.2262 — view on OpenStreetMap

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