Shaknara
Raina-I block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713421
· village code 320845
Population 2011
756
Census of India
Population 2020
770
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.9%
14 people · 0.2% a year
Households
271
+56.6% vs 173 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
756
Male / female
374 / 382
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,021
Children aged 0–6
62
Literacy rate
74.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
143 / 128
Working population
262
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.1%
Households
173
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
142
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
3
Non-farm households
11
Share of households farming, 2020
21%
Net sown area
16 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
16 / 10 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Palsona panchayat, Raina-I 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
₹62.01 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹65.13 lakh
Received directly
₹86,469
Spent
₹98.57 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.05 lakh · received ₹26.76 lakh · spent ₹45.91 lakh · left ₹6.77 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.97 lakh · received ₹38.36 lakh · spent ₹52.67 lakh · left ₹22.66 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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