Shirashini
Amdanga block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743221
· village code 323006
Population 2011
1,251
Census of India
Population 2020
1,563
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+24.9%
312 people · 2.5% a year
Households
307
+10.0% vs 279 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,251
Male / female
653 / 598
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
916
Children aged 0–6
140
Literacy rate
69.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
318 / 130
Working population
553
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
42.1%
Households
279
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
105
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
129
Non-farm households
163
Share of households farming, 2020
44%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 50 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Adhata panchayat, Amdanga 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
₹62.73 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹70.19 lakh
Received directly
₹1.10 lakh
Spent
₹75.64 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹58.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.42 lakh · received ₹28.84 lakh · spent ₹31.01 lakh · left ₹17.36 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹44.31 lakh · received ₹41.34 lakh · spent ₹44.63 lakh · left ₹41.02 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8829, 88.5351 —
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