Salchapra
Sainthia block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731234
· village code 317221
Population 2011
1,411
Census of India
Population 2020
1,429
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.3%
18 people · 0.1% a year
Households
351
+1.7% vs 345 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,411
Male / female
727 / 684
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
941
Children aged 0–6
167
Literacy rate
54.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
624 / 8
Working population
555
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.9%
Households
345
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
—
Bank nearest 10 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
75
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
155
Share of households farming, 2020
34%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 1 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Deriapur panchayat, Sainthia 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
₹32.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹32.10 lakh
Received directly
₹68,904
Spent
₹56.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.66 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.27 lakh · received ₹13.23 lakh · spent ₹24.34 lakh · left ₹1.48 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.95 lakh · received ₹18.86 lakh · spent ₹32.01 lakh · left ₹7.18 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9486, 87.6765 —
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