Sankura
Manbazar-Ii block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723131
· village code 332337
Population 2011
770
Census of India
Population 2020
1,212
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+57.4%
442 people · 5.2% a year
Households
230
+36.9% vs 168 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
770
Male / female
386 / 384
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
995
Children aged 0–6
80
Literacy rate
59.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 641
Working population
485
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.3%
Households
168
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
47
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
130
Non-farm households
35
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
47 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
47 / 23 / 25
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Buribandh panchayat, Manbazar-Ii 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
₹15.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹44.01 lakh
Received directly
₹1.46 lakh
Spent
₹51.76 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.08 lakh · received ₹18.13 lakh · spent ₹18.23 lakh · left ₹2.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.59 lakh · received ₹25.88 lakh · spent ₹33.54 lakh · left ₹6.94 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.9009, 86.6496 —
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