Sikra
Amdanga block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743221
· village code 323012
Population 2011
4,194
Census of India
Population 2020
5,572
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.9%
1,378 people · 3.2% a year
Households
1,132
+19.0% vs 951 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,194
Male / female
2,155 / 2,039
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
946
Children aged 0–6
558
Literacy rate
72.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
1,353
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
57.3%
Households
951
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
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
363
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
52
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
960
Non-farm households
172
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
92 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
41 / 92 / 28
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chandigarh 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
₹72.01 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹85.45 lakh
Received directly
₹3.82 lakh
Spent
₹94.92 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹66.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹34.68 lakh · received ₹35.11 lakh · spent ₹50.55 lakh · left ₹23.07 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹37.33 lakh · received ₹50.33 lakh · spent ₹44.38 lakh · left ₹43.28 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8720, 88.4931 —
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