Shankarpur
Haroa block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743425
· village code 323667
Population 2011
4,364
Census of India
Population 2020
4,470
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.4%
106 people · 0.3% a year
Households
945
+3.7% vs 911 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,364
Male / female
2,255 / 2,109
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
935
Children aged 0–6
607
Literacy rate
64.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
31 / 1
Working population
1,398
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
49.4%
Households
911
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
595
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
66
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
653
Non-farm households
280
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
22 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
22 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonapukur Sankarpur panchayat, Haroa 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
₹73.99 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.06 crore
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.20 crore
Unspent at year end
₹59.63 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.67 lakh · received ₹43.62 lakh · spent ₹48.49 lakh · left ₹21.80 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹47.32 lakh · received ₹62.43 lakh · spent ₹71.92 lakh · left ₹37.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5766, 88.6688 —
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