Somdanga
Sainthia block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731121
· village code 317444
Population 2011
501
Census of India
Population 2020
537
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.2%
36 people · 0.8% a year
Households
144
+10.8% vs 130 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
501
Male / female
249 / 252
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,012
Children aged 0–6
64
Literacy rate
51.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
428 / 0
Working population
155
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.4%
Households
130
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
14
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
7
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
129
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
59 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
59 / 15 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Panrui 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
₹36.51 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹51.13 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹60.79 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.86 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.56 lakh · received ₹21.01 lakh · spent ₹23.11 lakh · left ₹10.46 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.95 lakh · received ₹30.12 lakh · spent ₹37.67 lakh · left ₹16.39 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.7786, 87.6102 —
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