Shakha Bai
Garbeta-Iii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721201
· village code 337362
Population 2011
1,327
Census of India
Population 2020
1,530
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.3%
203 people · 1.6% a year
Households
291
+5.4% vs 276 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,327
Male / female
687 / 640
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
932
Children aged 0–6
123
Literacy rate
56.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
449 / 468
Working population
1,055
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
49.4%
Households
276
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
40
Teachers
35
Students per teacher
1
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
250
Non-farm households
41
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Amsole panchayat, Garbeta-Iii 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
₹41.39 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹63.41 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹92.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.47 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.92 lakh · received ₹26.06 lakh · spent ₹34.31 lakh · left ₹7.67 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.47 lakh · received ₹37.35 lakh · spent ₹58.02 lakh · left ₹4.80 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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