Salda
Sonamukhi block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722207
· village code 327449
Population 2011
419
Census of India
Population 2020
584
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+39.4%
165 people · 3.8% a year
Households
88
+12.8% vs 78 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
419
Male / female
228 / 191
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
838
Children aged 0–6
40
Literacy rate
70.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
55 / 0
Working population
142
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.5%
Households
78
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
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
110
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
37
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
68
Non-farm households
8
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
55 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
55 / 30 / 25
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Purba-Nabasan 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
₹87.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹89.09 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.21 crore
Unspent at year end
₹55.59 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.49 lakh · received ₹36.65 lakh · spent ₹37.29 lakh · left ₹14.86 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹71.55 lakh · received ₹52.44 lakh · spent ₹83.25 lakh · left ₹40.74 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2973, 87.4942 —
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