Dhangan
Contai-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721401
· village code 346075
Population 2011
402
Census of India
Population 2020
488
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.4%
86 people · 2.2% a year
Households
105
+19.3% vs 88 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
402
Male / female
206 / 196
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
951
Children aged 0–6
38
Literacy rate
76.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
32 / 0
Working population
207
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.7%
Households
88
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
10
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
33%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 25 / 5
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Haipur panchayat, Contai-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
₹50.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹81.52 lakh
Received directly
₹86,110
Spent
₹93.65 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.46 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.28 lakh · received ₹33.50 lakh · spent ₹31.51 lakh · left ₹17.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.44 lakh · received ₹48.02 lakh · spent ₹62.14 lakh · left ₹22.33 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.7838, 87.7819 —
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