Sihar
Kotulpur block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722161
· village code 327996
Population 2011
2,164
Census of India
Population 2020
2,295
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.0%
131 people · 0.7% a year
Households
490
+3.2% vs 475 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,164
Male / female
1,098 / 1,066
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
971
Children aged 0–6
202
Literacy rate
74.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
776 / 7
Working population
675
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.7%
Households
475
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
—
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
65
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
185 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 185 / 30
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sihar panchayat, Kotulpur 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
₹56.30 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹85.30 lakh
Received directly
₹68,722
Spent
₹1.09 crore
Unspent at year end
₹33.10 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.27 lakh · received ₹35.05 lakh · spent ₹48.34 lakh · left ₹6.19 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹37.03 lakh · received ₹50.25 lakh · spent ₹60.85 lakh · left ₹26.91 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.9243, 87.6091 —
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