Hikimband
Sonamukhi block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722157
· village code 327522
Population 2011
558
Census of India
Population 2020
590
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.7%
32 people · 0.6% a year
Households
142
+3.6% vs 137 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
558
Male / female
287 / 271
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
944
Children aged 0–6
59
Literacy rate
54.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
256 / 76
Working population
249
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.3%
Households
137
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
105
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
121
Non-farm households
21
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
185 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
185 / 25 / 32
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Panchal 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
₹23.81 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹45.28 lakh
Received directly
₹55,010
Spent
₹45.43 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.82 lakh · received ₹18.65 lakh · spent ₹13.85 lakh · left ₹11.17 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.99 lakh · received ₹26.63 lakh · spent ₹31.58 lakh · left ₹13.04 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2432, 87.2822 —
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