Shankhabhanga
Garbeta-Ii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721128
· village code 336563
Population 2011
227
Census of India
Population 2020
255
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.3%
28 people · 1.3% a year
Households
49
-5.8% vs 52 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
227
Male / female
122 / 105
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
861
Children aged 0–6
32
Literacy rate
68.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
14 / 23
Working population
81
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.4%
Households
52
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
37
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
8
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
23 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
23 / 15 / 5
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pingbani panchayat, Garbeta-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
₹33.56 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹57.48 lakh
Received directly
₹47,267
Spent
₹79.98 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.55 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.46 lakh · received ₹23.62 lakh · spent ₹29.15 lakh · left ₹2.41 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.11 lakh · received ₹33.86 lakh · spent ₹50.83 lakh · left ₹9.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7027, 87.1292 —
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