Amakunda
Simlapal block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722151
· village code 328844
Population 2011
536
Census of India
Population 2020
560
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.5%
24 people · 0.5% a year
Households
125
+19.1% vs 105 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
536
Male / female
276 / 260
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
942
Children aged 0–6
58
Literacy rate
65.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
172 / 0
Working population
230
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.3%
Households
105
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
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
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
5 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
5 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Machatora panchayat, Simlapal 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
₹41.63 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹82.72 lakh
Received directly
₹58,264
Spent
₹84.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹40.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.42 lakh · received ₹26.15 lakh · spent ₹35.54 lakh · left ₹11.62 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.21 lakh · received ₹56.57 lakh · spent ₹49.37 lakh · left ₹28.40 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.9603, 87.0134 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Bankura district ·
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staffing across Bankura ·
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