Bichkandi
Burwan block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742132
· village code 315959
Population 2011
1,771
Census of India
Population 2020
2,013
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.7%
242 people · 1.4% a year
Households
445
+5.0% vs 424 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,771
Male / female
924 / 847
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
917
Children aged 0–6
203
Literacy rate
58.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
285 / 0
Working population
599
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.3%
Households
424
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
136
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
68
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
17
Non-farm households
428
Share of households farming, 2020
4%
Net sown area
35 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 35 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sabalpur panchayat, Burwan 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
₹48.14 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹48.64 lakh
Received directly
₹57,516
Spent
₹67.70 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.66 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.04 lakh · received ₹19.99 lakh · spent ₹20.82 lakh · left ₹12.79 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.10 lakh · received ₹28.65 lakh · spent ₹46.88 lakh · left ₹16.87 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0794, 88.2679 —
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