Nafarganj
Basanti block · 24 Paraganas South
district, West Bengal · PIN 743312
· village code 335111
Population 2011
3,744
Census of India
Population 2020
4,666
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+24.6%
922 people · 2.5% a year
Households
1,075
+26.6% vs 849 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,744
Male / female
1,920 / 1,824
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
950
Children aged 0–6
376
Literacy rate
78.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,408 / 148
Working population
1,530
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
55.4%
Households
849
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Nafarganj panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
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
190
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
48
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
893
Non-farm households
182
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
375 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
375 / 28 / 13
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nafarganj panchayat, Basanti 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
₹46.58 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹59.79 lakh
Received directly
₹56,003
Spent
₹68.79 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹38.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.64 lakh · received ₹24.57 lakh · spent ₹31.27 lakh · left ₹22.50 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.94 lakh · received ₹35.22 lakh · spent ₹37.52 lakh · left ₹15.64 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.1982, 88.7198 —
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