Sihika
Chhatna block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722137
· village code 326395
Population 2011
447
Census of India
Population 2020
497
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.2%
50 people · 1.2% a year
Households
104
+5.0% vs 99 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
447
Male / female
224 / 223
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
996
Children aged 0–6
60
Literacy rate
51.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
204 / 9
Working population
200
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.0%
Households
99
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
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
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
47
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
72
Non-farm households
32
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
82 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
82 / 15 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Arrah panchayat, Chhatna 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
₹69.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹88.13 lakh
Received directly
₹4.38 lakh
Spent
₹1.09 crore
Unspent at year end
₹52.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.51 lakh · received ₹36.22 lakh · spent ₹35.44 lakh · left ₹19.29 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹50.72 lakh · received ₹51.91 lakh · spent ₹73.33 lakh · left ₹33.67 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3102, 86.9637 —
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staffing across Bankura ·
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