Shikarpur
Gangarampur block · Dinajpur Dakshin
district, West Bengal · PIN 733124
· village code 310668
Population 2011
285
Census of India
Population 2020
310
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.8%
25 people · 0.9% a year
Households
75
+10.3% vs 68 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
285
Male / female
140 / 145
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,036
Children aged 0–6
44
Literacy rate
71.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
86
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.0%
Households
68
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
70
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
26 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
26 / 11 / 6
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jahangirpur panchayat, Gangarampur 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
₹1.42 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹83.51 lakh
Received directly
₹4.33 lakh
Spent
₹88.36 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.42 crore
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹49.91 lakh · received ₹34.32 lakh · spent ₹56.21 lakh · left ₹32.35 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹92.42 lakh · received ₹49.19 lakh · spent ₹32.15 lakh · left ₹1.09 crore
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3694, 88.3588 —
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