Sankair
Tapan block · Dinajpur Dakshin
district, West Bengal · PIN 733127
· village code 311489
Population 2011
945
Census of India
Population 2020
1,040
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.1%
95 people · 1.1% a year
Households
245
+6.1% vs 231 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
945
Male / female
490 / 455
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
929
Children aged 0–6
109
Literacy rate
64.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
402 / 235
Working population
470
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.0%
Households
231
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
42
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
47
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 65 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gophanagar panchayat, Tapan 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
₹13.16 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹73.52 lakh
Received directly
₹9,927
Spent
₹55.31 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.47 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.19 lakh · received ₹23.25 lakh · spent ₹16.85 lakh · left ₹13.69 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.97 lakh · received ₹50.28 lakh · spent ₹38.46 lakh · left ₹17.78 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3441, 88.6156 —
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