Meghsar
Polba-Dadpur block · Hooghly
district, West Bengal · PIN 712149
· village code 325133
Population 2011
2,673
Census of India
Population 2020
3,787
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+41.7%
1,114 people · 3.9% a year
Households
696
+5.6% vs 659 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,673
Male / female
1,368 / 1,305
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
954
Children aged 0–6
306
Literacy rate
61.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,470 / 0
Working population
1,224
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.8%
Households
659
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
116
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
450
Non-farm households
246
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mahanad panchayat, Polba-Dadpur 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
₹54.09 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹87.88 lakh
Received directly
₹4.94 lakh
Spent
₹90.52 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹56.40 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.61 lakh · received ₹36.12 lakh · spent ₹33.80 lakh · left ₹28.87 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.48 lakh · received ₹51.77 lakh · spent ₹56.72 lakh · left ₹27.52 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.9910, 88.2731 —
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