Sekhpur
Mayureswar-I block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731216
· village code 316509
Population 2011
4,638
Census of India
Population 2020
5,440
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.3%
802 people · 1.8% a year
Households
1,480
+23.1% vs 1,202 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,638
Male / female
2,389 / 2,249
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
941
Children aged 0–6
594
Literacy rate
61.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,347 / 341
Working population
1,658
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.3%
Households
1,202
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
480
Teachers
16
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
962
Non-farm households
240
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 1 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bajitpur panchayat, Mayureswar-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
₹30.54 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹56.34 lakh
Received directly
₹2.18 lakh
Spent
₹72.04 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.38 lakh · received ₹23.15 lakh · spent ₹32.57 lakh · left ₹1.14 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.17 lakh · received ₹33.18 lakh · spent ₹39.47 lakh · left ₹15.89 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3784, 87.8508 —
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