Shalchaturia
Sonamukhi block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722207
· village code 327421
Population 2011
853
Census of India
Population 2020
1,015
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.0%
162 people · 2.0% a year
Households
216
+31.7% vs 164 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
853
Male / female
428 / 425
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
993
Children aged 0–6
102
Literacy rate
61.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
66 / 0
Working population
426
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
59.4%
Households
164
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
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
43
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
165
Non-farm households
17
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
98 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
98 / 14 / 30
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Hamirhati panchayat, Sonamukhi 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
₹28.30 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹42.35 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹49.20 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.45 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.48 lakh · received ₹17.45 lakh · spent ₹14.61 lakh · left ₹10.31 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.82 lakh · received ₹24.91 lakh · spent ₹34.59 lakh · left ₹11.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3333, 87.3609 —
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