Charaghata
Jaynagar-I block · 24 Paraganas South
district, West Bengal · PIN 743337
· village code 334943
Population 2011
5,837
Census of India
Population 2020
7,005
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.0%
1,168 people · 2.0% a year
Households
1,261
+6.1% vs 1,188 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,837
Male / female
2,964 / 2,873
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
969
Children aged 0–6
883
Literacy rate
59.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
4,473 / 1
Working population
1,831
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.3%
Households
1,188
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Rajapur Korabeg panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
420
Teachers
32
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
841
Non-farm households
410
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
235 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
235 / 180 / 8
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rajapur Korabeg panchayat, Jaynagar-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
₹58.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹82.15 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹99.81 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹40.71 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.32 lakh · received ₹33.76 lakh · spent ₹35.38 lakh · left ₹17.70 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹39.06 lakh · received ₹48.39 lakh · spent ₹64.43 lakh · left ₹23.01 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.2703, 88.4540 —
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