Gidighati
Barabazar block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723127
· village code 331945
Population 2011
920
Census of India
Population 2020
1,110
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.6%
190 people · 2.1% a year
Households
156
+4.0% vs 150 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
920
Male / female
480 / 440
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
917
Children aged 0–6
122
Literacy rate
77.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
242 / 150
Working population
627
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.8%
Households
150
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
56
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
63
Non-farm households
82
Share of households farming, 2020
43%
Net sown area
78 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
78 / 12 / 8
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Latpada panchayat, Barabazar 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
₹99.48 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹69.75 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹93.94 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹75.30 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.95 lakh · received ₹28.67 lakh · spent ₹33.34 lakh · left ₹14.28 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹80.53 lakh · received ₹41.09 lakh · spent ₹60.60 lakh · left ₹61.02 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0090, 86.3470 —
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