Sankhulia
Murarai-Ii block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731219
· village code 316088
Population 2011
2,540
Census of India
Population 2020
3,002
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.2%
462 people · 1.9% a year
Households
732
+38.6% vs 528 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,540
Male / female
1,287 / 1,253
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
974
Children aged 0–6
372
Literacy rate
49.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
313 / 0
Working population
1,096
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
63.8%
Households
528
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
360
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
51
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
701
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 47 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Amdole panchayat, Murarai-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
₹79.30 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹88.43 lakh
Received directly
₹1.25 lakh
Spent
₹1.08 crore
Unspent at year end
₹61.33 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.51 lakh · received ₹36.34 lakh · spent ₹40.64 lakh · left ₹22.45 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹53.80 lakh · received ₹52.09 lakh · spent ₹67.01 lakh · left ₹38.88 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.4792, 87.9052 —
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