Sikarpur
Farakka block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742212
· village code 313795
Population 2011
2,328
Census of India
Population 2020
3,055
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+31.2%
727 people · 3.1% a year
Households
451
+12.5% vs 401 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,328
Male / female
1,194 / 1,134
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
950
Children aged 0–6
494
Literacy rate
41.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
976
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
43.8%
Households
401
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
800
Teachers
30
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
250
Non-farm households
150
Share of households farming, 2020
63%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 100 / 63
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bewa-I panchayat, Farakka 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
₹70.25 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹71.10 lakh
Received directly
₹1.77 lakh
Spent
₹60.04 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹83.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.93 lakh · received ₹29.22 lakh · spent ₹31.42 lakh · left ₹16.49 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹53.32 lakh · received ₹41.88 lakh · spent ₹28.62 lakh · left ₹66.58 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.8108, 87.8968 —
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