Digha
Neturia block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723121
· village code 330427
Population 2011
2,300
Census of India
Population 2020
2,558
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.2%
258 people · 1.2% a year
Households
401
0.0% vs 401 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,300
Male / female
1,201 / 1,099
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
915
Children aged 0–6
404
Literacy rate
43.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
435 / 73
Working population
720
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
17.8%
Households
401
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
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
69
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
36
Non-farm households
36
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
129 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
129 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Digha panchayat, Neturia 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
₹33.36 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹70.40 lakh
Received directly
₹94,933
Spent
₹60.67 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹44.04 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.77 lakh · received ₹22.26 lakh · spent ₹25.82 lakh · left ₹11.21 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.59 lakh · received ₹48.14 lakh · spent ₹34.85 lakh · left ₹32.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6261, 86.8078 —
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