Dewanchak
Ghatal block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721232
· village code 337736
Population 2011
2,538
Census of India
Population 2020
2,496
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-1.6%
-42 people · -0.2% a year
Households
642
+17.1% vs 548 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,538
Male / female
1,311 / 1,227
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
936
Children aged 0–6
261
Literacy rate
78.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
591 / 5
Working population
1,218
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.0%
Households
548
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
7
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
642
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 13 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dewanchak-Ii 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
₹40.33 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹69.72 lakh
Received directly
₹4.35 lakh
Spent
₹76.28 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹38.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.65 lakh · received ₹28.65 lakh · spent ₹25.71 lakh · left ₹14.38 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.68 lakh · received ₹41.07 lakh · spent ₹50.56 lakh · left ₹23.74 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6126, 87.6185 —
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