Shankchura
Basirhat-I block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743429
· village code 323568
Population 2011
2,548
Census of India
Population 2020
5,500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+115.9%
2,952 people · 8.9% a year
Households
1,475
+147.5% vs 596 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,548
Male / female
1,304 / 1,244
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
954
Children aged 0–6
240
Literacy rate
63.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
263 / 18
Working population
945
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
29.1%
Households
596
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
120
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
785
Non-farm households
590
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
260 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
260 / 45 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sankchura Begundi panchayat, Basirhat-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
₹66.62 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹68.53 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹84.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹50.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.43 lakh · received ₹28.16 lakh · spent ₹33.15 lakh · left ₹14.45 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹47.19 lakh · received ₹40.37 lakh · spent ₹51.32 lakh · left ₹36.23 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6306, 88.8793 —
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