Sankhai
Ketugram-Ii block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713123
· village code 319287
Population 2011
1,985
Census of India
Population 2020
2,452
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.5%
467 people · 2.4% a year
Households
473
+3.3% vs 458 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,985
Male / female
1,027 / 958
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
933
Children aged 0–6
181
Literacy rate
66.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,215 / 172
Working population
697
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
51.5%
Households
458
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
45
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
402
Non-farm households
71
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
700 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 700 / 139
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sitahati panchayat, Ketugram-Ii 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
₹63.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹66.17 lakh
Received directly
₹5.60 lakh
Spent
₹70.96 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹63.85 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.00 lakh · received ₹27.19 lakh · spent ₹30.07 lakh · left ₹21.63 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹42.04 lakh · received ₹38.98 lakh · spent ₹40.89 lakh · left ₹42.22 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.7001, 88.1497 —
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