Murigachhi
Diamond Harbour-Ii block · 24 Paraganas South
district, West Bengal · PIN 743368
· village code 334476
Population 2011
2,336
Census of India
Population 2020
1,466
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-37.2%
-870 people · -5.0% a year
Households
293
-35.8% vs 456 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,336
Male / female
1,180 / 1,156
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
980
Children aged 0–6
424
Literacy rate
61.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
313 / 0
Working population
689
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
46.3%
Households
456
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
200
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
255
Non-farm households
38
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 20 / 10
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Patra panchayat, Diamond Harbour-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
₹60.89 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹95.60 lakh
Received directly
₹81,991
Spent
₹1.08 crore
Unspent at year end
₹49.23 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30.95 lakh · received ₹37.93 lakh · spent ₹48.43 lakh · left ₹21.28 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹29.93 lakh · received ₹57.67 lakh · spent ₹59.66 lakh · left ₹27.95 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3784, 88.2887 —
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