Sikharpur
Rajarhat block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 700135
· village code 323758
Population 2011
3,941
Census of India
Population 2020
4,470
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.4%
529 people · 1.4% a year
Households
797
-11.3% vs 899 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,941
Male / female
2,056 / 1,885
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
917
Children aged 0–6
377
Literacy rate
78.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,960 / 3
Working population
1,318
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
22.8%
Households
899
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
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
17
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
3
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
199
Non-farm households
598
Share of households farming, 2020
25%
Net sown area
35 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
9 / 35 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chandpur panchayat, Rajarhat 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
₹84.64 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.11 crore
Received directly
₹1.68 lakh
Spent
₹1.29 crore
Unspent at year end
₹68.27 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.95 lakh · received ₹45.70 lakh · spent ₹49.79 lakh · left ₹23.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹58.70 lakh · received ₹65.41 lakh · spent ₹79.37 lakh · left ₹44.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5946, 88.5438 —
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