Manikara
Kanksa block · Paschim Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713212
· village code 318846
Population 2011
1,348
Census of India
Population 2020
1,980
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+46.9%
632 people · 4.4% a year
Households
380
+25.0% vs 304 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,348
Male / female
689 / 659
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
956
Children aged 0–6
149
Literacy rate
65.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
700 / 122
Working population
588
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.6%
Households
304
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 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
60
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
180
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
47%
Net sown area
396 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
250 / 250 / 396
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Amlajora 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
₹78.53 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.01 crore
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.23 crore
Unspent at year end
₹57.27 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹40.02 lakh · received ₹41.66 lakh · spent ₹59.68 lakh · left ₹22.00 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹38.52 lakh · received ₹59.71 lakh · spent ₹62.95 lakh · left ₹35.28 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4775, 87.4365 —
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