Shankhahar
Binpur-I block · Jhargram
district, West Bengal · PIN 721504
· village code 335993
Population 2011
206
Census of India
Population 2020
210
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.9%
4 people · 0.2% a year
Households
46
+4.5% vs 44 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
206
Male / female
98 / 108
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,102
Children aged 0–6
27
Literacy rate
56.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 166
Working population
115
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
36.5%
Households
44
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
42
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
38
Non-farm households
4
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 8 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Andharia panchayat, Binpur-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
₹40.59 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹44.41 lakh
Received directly
₹79,622
Spent
₹56.76 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.03 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.85 lakh · received ₹18.29 lakh · spent ₹19.55 lakh · left ₹16.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.75 lakh · received ₹26.12 lakh · spent ₹37.22 lakh · left ₹12.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5225, 86.9761 —
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