Dhurkhali

Amta-I block · Howrah district, West Bengal · PIN 711410 · village code 332648

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,195 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,295 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

3,195

Male / female

1,632 / 1,563

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

958

Children aged 0–6

300

Literacy rate

77.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

523 / 0

Working population

1,311

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

28.1%

Households

726

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

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

125

Share of households farming, 2020

Net sown area

23 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

23 / 20 / 2

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Balichak panchayat, Amta-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

₹39.11 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹52.24 lakh

Received directly

₹65,222

Spent

₹62.71 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹29.29 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹13.07 lakh · received ₹21.47 lakh · spent ₹23.38 lakh · left ₹11.81 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹26.04 lakh · received ₹30.77 lakh · spent ₹39.33 lakh · left ₹17.47 lakh

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

Location

22.6486, 87.9929 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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