Shashanga
Khandaghosh block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713142
· village code 320904
Population 2011
2,333
Census of India
Population 2020
2,481
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.3%
148 people · 0.7% a year
Households
613
+15.4% vs 531 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,333
Male / female
1,193 / 1,140
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
956
Children aged 0–6
272
Literacy rate
49.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,373 / 393
Working population
1,300
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.2%
Households
531
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
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
205
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
41
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
532
Non-farm households
81
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
230 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
230 / 50 / 18
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shashanga panchayat, Khandaghosh 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
₹69.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹82.18 lakh
Received directly
₹63,814
Spent
₹1.17 crore
Unspent at year end
₹34.90 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.23 lakh · received ₹33.77 lakh · spent ₹44.65 lakh · left ₹18.00 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹40.82 lakh · received ₹48.41 lakh · spent ₹72.32 lakh · left ₹16.90 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2311, 87.7838 —
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