Dhanghara
Contai-Iii block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721444
· village code 346443
Population 2011
462
Census of India
Population 2020
488
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.6%
26 people · 0.6% a year
Households
112
+6.7% vs 105 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
462
Male / female
251 / 211
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
841
Children aged 0–6
29
Literacy rate
83.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
19 / 0
Working population
217
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.3%
Households
105
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
35
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
32
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
62 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
62 / 55 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhajachaulia panchayat, Contai-Iii 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
₹31.86 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹70.14 lakh
Received directly
₹40,598
Spent
₹68.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.46 lakh · received ₹28.82 lakh · spent ₹18.08 lakh · left ₹14.61 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.41 lakh · received ₹41.31 lakh · spent ₹50.69 lakh · left ₹19.03 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8884, 87.7056 —
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