Mather Dighi
Canning-Ii block · 24 Paraganas South
district, West Bengal · PIN 743329
· village code 333871
Population 2011
13,524
Census of India
Population 2020
19,086
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+41.1%
5,562 people · 3.9% a year
Households
3,437
+22.7% vs 2,802 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
13,524
Male / female
6,836 / 6,688
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
978
Children aged 0–6
2,247
Literacy rate
61.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
4,029 / 721
Working population
4,760
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
53.5%
Households
2,802
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Matherdighi panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
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
1,349
Teachers
16
Students per teacher
84
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2,983
Non-farm households
454
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
838 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
838 / 684 / 126
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Matherdighi panchayat, Canning-Ii 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
₹48.27 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹63.83 lakh
Received directly
₹2.43 lakh
Spent
₹76.20 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹38.33 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.02 lakh · received ₹26.23 lakh · spent ₹31.50 lakh · left ₹13.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.25 lakh · received ₹37.60 lakh · spent ₹44.70 lakh · left ₹25.15 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3604, 88.7448 —
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