Sankarpur
Hariharpara block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742166
· village code 315489
Population 2011
4,721
Census of India
Population 2020
5,170
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.5%
449 people · 1.0% a year
Households
1,295
+9.7% vs 1,181 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,721
Male / female
2,412 / 2,309
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
957
Children aged 0–6
539
Literacy rate
59.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
152 / 2
Working population
1,634
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.3%
Households
1,181
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
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
420
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
47
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
791
Non-farm households
500
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
222 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
222 / 200 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dharampur panchayat, Hariharpara 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
₹53.83 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹87.89 lakh
Received directly
₹1.15 lakh
Spent
₹85.28 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹57.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.02 lakh · received ₹36.12 lakh · spent ₹33.03 lakh · left ₹18.26 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹39.81 lakh · received ₹51.77 lakh · spent ₹52.26 lakh · left ₹39.32 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0312, 88.4917 —
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