Dontiara
Ghatal block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721232
· village code 337723
Population 2011
1,312
Census of India
Population 2020
1,520
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.8%
208 people · 1.6% a year
Households
393
+51.1% vs 260 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,312
Male / female
685 / 627
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
915
Children aged 0–6
191
Literacy rate
72.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,015 / 58
Working population
779
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.0%
Households
260
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
88
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 20 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mohanpur panchayat, Ghatal 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
₹85.02 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.02 crore
Received directly
₹86,518
Spent
₹1.33 crore
Unspent at year end
₹55.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹36.43 lakh · received ₹42.11 lakh · spent ₹56.01 lakh · left ₹22.85 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹48.58 lakh · received ₹60.25 lakh · spent ₹76.59 lakh · left ₹32.80 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6667, 87.6335 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
…and across West Bengal