Dhara Shimul
Khanakul-I block · Hooghly
district, West Bengal · PIN 712416
· village code 325890
Population 2011
3,118
Census of India
Population 2020
4,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+28.3%
882 people · 2.8% a year
Households
820
+9.2% vs 751 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,118
Male / female
1,626 / 1,492
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
918
Children aged 0–6
354
Literacy rate
68.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,389 / 0
Working population
1,160
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.5%
Households
751
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
150
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 50 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Arunda panchayat, Khanakul-I 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
₹83.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹80.63 lakh
Received directly
₹3.55 lakh
Spent
₹1.10 crore
Unspent at year end
₹57.05 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹38.17 lakh · received ₹33.14 lakh · spent ₹47.96 lakh · left ₹26.89 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹45.07 lakh · received ₹47.49 lakh · spent ₹62.41 lakh · left ₹30.15 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7435, 87.9326 —
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