Nilkanthapur
Jaynagar-I block · 24 Paraganas South
district, West Bengal · PIN 743372
· village code 334929
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,025 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 4,050 — 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
1,025
Male / female
531 / 494
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
930
Children aged 0–6
144
Literacy rate
67.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
906 / 0
Working population
305
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
41.3%
Households
239
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
150
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
250 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 150 / 250
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jangalia panchayat, Jaynagar-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
₹36.71 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹51.57 lakh
Received directly
₹1.17 lakh
Spent
₹50.31 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.13 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.44 lakh · received ₹21.19 lakh · spent ₹25.20 lakh · left ₹15.59 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.27 lakh · received ₹30.37 lakh · spent ₹25.11 lakh · left ₹23.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.2703, 88.4540 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in 24 Paraganas South district ·
School
staffing across 24 Paraganas South ·
…and across West Bengal