Nichna
Chandrakona-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721232
· village code 337462
Population 2011
1,257
Census of India
Population 2020
1,090
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-13.3%
-167 people · -1.6% a year
Households
245
-16.7% vs 294 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,257
Male / female
650 / 607
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
934
Children aged 0–6
133
Literacy rate
80.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
344 / 81
Working population
536
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.5%
Households
294
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 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
55
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
220
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
70 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 57 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mangrul panchayat, Chandrakona-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
₹21.23 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹49.30 lakh
Received directly
₹6,653
Spent
₹58.32 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.27 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.80 lakh · received ₹20.26 lakh · spent ₹18.26 lakh · left ₹6.86 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.43 lakh · received ₹29.04 lakh · spent ₹40.06 lakh · left ₹5.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7568, 87.6521 —
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