Chandankantha
Rampurhat-I block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731233
· village code 316394
Population 2011
756
Census of India
Population 2020
852
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.7%
96 people · 1.3% a year
Households
230
+21.7% vs 189 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
756
Male / female
381 / 375
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
984
Children aged 0–6
96
Literacy rate
78.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
39 / 0
Working population
441
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.6%
Households
189
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
86
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
123
Non-farm households
7
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
95 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
95 / 40 / 5
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Barshal panchayat, Rampurhat-I 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
₹59.90 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹77.92 lakh
Received directly
₹21,996
Spent
₹77.52 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹60.52 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹34.12 lakh · received ₹32.02 lakh · spent ₹35.88 lakh · left ₹30.26 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.78 lakh · received ₹45.90 lakh · spent ₹41.64 lakh · left ₹30.26 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1802, 87.7731 —
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