Malancha
Shamsherganj block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742202
· village code 313840
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 16,918 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 44,898 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
16,918
Male / female
8,581 / 8,337
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
972
Children aged 0–6
3,166
Literacy rate
49.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,358 / 5
Working population
6,016
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
28.2%
Households
3,136
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
1,700
Teachers
25
Students per teacher
68
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
9,234
Non-farm households
2,154
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Net sown area
6 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
6 / 6 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gajinagar Malancha panchayat, Shamsherganj 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
₹48.16 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹71.38 lakh
Received directly
₹60,590
Spent
₹83.66 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.28 lakh · received ₹29.33 lakh · spent ₹32.00 lakh · left ₹11.21 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.89 lakh · received ₹42.04 lakh · spent ₹51.66 lakh · left ₹25.27 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.6667, 87.9536 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Murshidabad district ·
School
staffing across Murshidabad ·
…and across West Bengal