Saora
Chandrakona-Ii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721201
· village code 337625
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 614 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 2,300 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
614
Male / female
322 / 292
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
907
Children aged 0–6
58
Literacy rate
84.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
217
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.6%
Households
125
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 nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
60
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
3
Non-farm households
150
Share of households farming, 2020
2%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 100 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bandipur-I panchayat, Chandrakona-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
₹36.51 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹54.01 lakh
Received directly
₹1.37 lakh
Spent
₹60.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.90 lakh · received ₹22.20 lakh · spent ₹23.58 lakh · left ₹12.88 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.61 lakh · received ₹31.81 lakh · spent ₹37.18 lakh · left ₹18.24 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6847, 87.5473 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
…and across West Bengal