Dokanda
Panskura-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721152
· village code 344182
Population 2011
1,267
Census of India
Population 2020
1,115
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-12.0%
-152 people · -1.4% a year
Households
285
-5.3% vs 301 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,267
Male / female
642 / 625
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
974
Children aged 0–6
120
Literacy rate
81.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
42 / 16
Working population
615
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.6%
Households
301
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
38
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
105
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
72%
Net sown area
329 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
329 / 329 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ghoshpur panchayat, Panskura-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
₹49.21 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹74.44 lakh
Received directly
₹1.08 lakh
Spent
₹82.55 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹42.17 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.53 lakh · received ₹30.59 lakh · spent ₹31.08 lakh · left ₹15.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.67 lakh · received ₹43.85 lakh · spent ₹51.47 lakh · left ₹27.05 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3653, 87.6589 —
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