Khurigachhi

Polba-Dadpur block · Hooghly district, West Bengal · PIN 712305 · village code 325277

Population 2011

1,541

Census of India

Population 2020

2,516

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+63.3%

975 people · 5.6% a year

Households

618

+94.3% vs 318 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,541

Male / female

801 / 740

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

924

Children aged 0–6

183

Literacy rate

63.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,514 / 0

Working population

522

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

89.3%

Households

318

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 10 km away

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road nearest 1 km away

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

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

644

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

600

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

97%

Net sown area

340 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

10 / 340 / 10

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Harit 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

₹73.70 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹90.00 lakh

Received directly

₹1.28 lakh

Spent

₹1.25 crore

Unspent at year end

₹39.69 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹28.14 lakh · received ₹37.03 lakh · spent ₹45.57 lakh · left ₹20.87 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹45.56 lakh · received ₹52.97 lakh · spent ₹79.72 lakh · left ₹18.82 lakh

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

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