Sarpai
Amta-I block · Howrah
district, West Bengal · PIN 711401
· village code 332642
Population 2011
888
Census of India
Population 2020
1,375
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+54.8%
487 people · 5.0% a year
Households
244
+20.8% vs 202 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
888
Male / female
456 / 432
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
947
Children aged 0–6
128
Literacy rate
50.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
886 / 0
Working population
323
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.3%
Households
202
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 nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
145
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
73
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
197
Non-farm households
32
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
52 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
52 / 23 / 18
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balichak panchayat, Amta-I 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
₹39.11 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹52.24 lakh
Received directly
₹65,222
Spent
₹62.71 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.29 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.07 lakh · received ₹21.47 lakh · spent ₹23.38 lakh · left ₹11.81 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.04 lakh · received ₹30.77 lakh · spent ₹39.33 lakh · left ₹17.47 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6486, 87.9929 —
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