Shyamchak

Panchla block · Howrah district, West Bengal · PIN 711322 · village code 332881

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 240 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,418 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

240

Male / female

132 / 108

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

818

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

70.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

240 / 0

Working population

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

38.5%

Households

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 2 km away

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

only one habitation is covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi nearest 5 km away

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Separately located

Farming

Farm households

150

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

63%

Net sown area

19 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

19 / 9 / 7

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Banharishpur panchayat, Panchla 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

₹43.14 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹62.66 lakh

Received directly

₹91,718

Spent

₹68.05 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹38.66 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹19.67 lakh · received ₹25.75 lakh · spent ₹30.77 lakh · left ₹15.57 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹23.47 lakh · received ₹36.91 lakh · spent ₹37.28 lakh · left ₹23.09 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

22.5533, 88.0902 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Howrah district · School staffing across Howrah · …and across West Bengal