Dandahit
Santuri block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 722153
· village code 330514
Population 2011
1,578
Census of India
Population 2020
2,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.7%
422 people · 2.7% a year
Households
430
+29.1% vs 333 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,578
Male / female
804 / 774
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
963
Children aged 0–6
184
Literacy rate
53.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
295 / 495
Working population
717
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.2%
Households
333
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
55
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
9
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
16 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
16 / 12 / 8
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balitora panchayat, Santuri 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
₹48.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹69.94 lakh
Received directly
₹96,248
Spent
₹77.32 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹42.40 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.34 lakh · received ₹28.74 lakh · spent ₹23.49 lakh · left ₹17.55 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹37.48 lakh · received ₹41.20 lakh · spent ₹53.84 lakh · left ₹24.84 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6396, 86.8954 —
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