Shankhabhanga
Binpur-Ii block · Jhargram
district, West Bengal · PIN 721501
· village code 335571
Population 2011
566
Census of India
Population 2020
571
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.9%
5 people · 0.1% a year
Households
130
-0.8% vs 131 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
566
Male / female
284 / 282
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
993
Children aged 0–6
77
Literacy rate
45.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
166 / 386
Working population
394
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.7%
Households
131
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
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
21
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
30
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
23%
Net sown area
116 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
116 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shimulpal panchayat, Binpur-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
₹52.62 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹66.90 lakh
Received directly
₹34,592
Spent
₹75.66 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹44.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.46 lakh · received ₹27.49 lakh · spent ₹19.62 lakh · left ₹22.68 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹38.17 lakh · received ₹39.41 lakh · spent ₹56.05 lakh · left ₹21.53 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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