Shalchura
Chhatna block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722137
· village code 326565
Population 2011
997
Census of India
Population 2020
1,097
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.0%
100 people · 1.1% a year
Households
232
+5.0% vs 221 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
997
Male / female
520 / 477
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
917
Children aged 0–6
113
Literacy rate
70.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
247 / 0
Working population
408
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
56.1%
Households
221
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
70
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
32
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
18 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
18 / 3 / 3
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jamtora 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
₹36.36 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹61.70 lakh
Received directly
₹81,042
Spent
₹63.93 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.93 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.91 lakh · received ₹25.35 lakh · spent ₹24.75 lakh · left ₹14.33 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.45 lakh · received ₹36.34 lakh · spent ₹39.19 lakh · left ₹20.60 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2973, 86.9645 —
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