Shibgachhia
Amta-Ii block · Howrah
district, West Bengal · PIN 711401
· village code 332564
Population 2011
2,992
Census of India
Population 2020
5,509
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+84.1%
2,517 people · 7.0% a year
Households
1,466
+109.4% vs 700 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,992
Male / female
1,526 / 1,466
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
961
Children aged 0–6
323
Literacy rate
66.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
496 / 0
Working population
1,098
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
51.0%
Households
700
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
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
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
125
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
954
Non-farm households
512
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
112 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
112 / 56 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jhikira panchayat, Amta-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
₹31.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹47.34 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹49.84 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.83 lakh · received ₹19.46 lakh · spent ₹15.30 lakh · left ₹14.98 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.36 lakh · received ₹27.89 lakh · spent ₹34.54 lakh · left ₹13.71 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6306, 87.9228 —
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