Belgachhi
Balagarh block · Hooghly
district, West Bengal · PIN 712123
· village code 324943
Population 2011
408
Census of India
Population 2020
429
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.2%
21 people · 0.6% a year
Households
111
+13.3% vs 98 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
408
Male / female
211 / 197
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
934
Children aged 0–6
36
Literacy rate
65.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
36 / 91
Working population
257
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.7%
Households
98
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
70
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
90
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 10 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Somra-Ii panchayat, Balagarh 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
₹22.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹47.03 lakh
Received directly
₹18,424
Spent
₹39.61 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.82 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.09 lakh · received ₹19.37 lakh · spent ₹11.48 lakh · left ₹15.16 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.13 lakh · received ₹27.66 lakh · spent ₹28.14 lakh · left ₹14.65 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1351, 88.4265 —
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