Amankandia
Gaighata block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743249
· village code 322680
Population 2011
1,965
Census of India
Population 2020
2,019
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.8%
54 people · 0.3% a year
Households
499
+7.1% vs 466 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,965
Male / female
995 / 970
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
975
Children aged 0–6
177
Literacy rate
77.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,692 / 0
Working population
675
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.6%
Households
466
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
144
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
450
Non-farm households
49
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
129 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
129 / 65 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dharmapur-Ii panchayat, Gaighata 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
₹36.45 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹76.59 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.08 crore
Unspent at year end
₹5.35 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.58 lakh · received ₹31.48 lakh · spent ₹38.83 lakh · left ₹4.23 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.86 lakh · received ₹45.12 lakh · spent ₹68.86 lakh · left ₹1.12 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8945, 88.6971 —
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