Akandara
Kanksa block · Paschim Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713212
· village code 318823
Population 2011
2,051
Census of India
Population 2020
2,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-2.5%
-51 people · -0.3% a year
Households
500
+8.2% vs 462 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,051
Male / female
1,094 / 957
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
875
Children aged 0–6
266
Literacy rate
61.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
634 / 246
Working population
892
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
56.4%
Households
462
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
40
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
400
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
95 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
65 / 95 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Molandighi panchayat, Kanksa 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
₹61.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹92.76 lakh
Received directly
₹20,199
Spent
₹1.24 crore
Unspent at year end
₹30.28 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.57 lakh · received ₹38.12 lakh · spent ₹51.89 lakh · left ₹4.80 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹43.17 lakh · received ₹54.64 lakh · spent ₹72.54 lakh · left ₹25.48 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.5495, 87.3861 —
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