Manikahar

Beldanga-Ii block · Murshidabad district, West Bengal · PIN 742163 · village code 315646

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 8,114 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 20,530 — 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

8,114

Male / female

4,233 / 3,881

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

917

Children aged 0–6

1,104

Literacy rate

60.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

351 / 0

Working population

2,627

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

54.2%

Households

1,828

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 5 km away

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

No CSC

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

505

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,907

Non-farm households

442

Share of households farming, 2020

81%

Net sown area

632 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

632 / 502 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Somepara-Ii panchayat, Beldanga-Ii 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

₹35.15 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹63.84 lakh

Received directly

₹51,969

Spent

₹68.02 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹31.49 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹14.94 lakh · received ₹26.23 lakh · spent ₹27.13 lakh · left ₹14.57 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹20.21 lakh · received ₹37.60 lakh · spent ₹40.89 lakh · left ₹16.93 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

23.9459, 88.2439 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Murshidabad district · School staffing across Murshidabad · …and across West Bengal