Shimalandi
Nalhati-Ii block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731237
· village code 316266
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,902 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,518 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,902
Male / female
1,435 / 1,467
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,022
Children aged 0–6
380
Literacy rate
60.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
890 / 111
Working population
1,057
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
67.9%
Households
730
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
250
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
83
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
140
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
130 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
130 / 80 / 27
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhadrapur-I panchayat, Nalhati-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
₹27.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹51.55 lakh
Received directly
₹22,692
Spent
₹49.74 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.87 lakh · received ₹21.18 lakh · spent ₹18.64 lakh · left ₹8.65 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.16 lakh · received ₹30.36 lakh · spent ₹31.10 lakh · left ₹20.42 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2523, 87.9414 —
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