Kanakpur
Ghatal block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721211
· village code 337753
Population 2011
524
Census of India
Population 2020
552
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.3%
28 people · 0.6% a year
Households
122
+4.3% vs 117 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
524
Male / female
272 / 252
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
926
Children aged 0–6
56
Literacy rate
80.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
19 / 4
Working population
177
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.7%
Households
117
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
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
40
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
6
Net sown area
25 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 25 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dewanchak-I panchayat, Ghatal 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
₹24.80 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹61.57 lakh
Received directly
₹38,392
Spent
₹71.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.16 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.98 lakh · received ₹25.30 lakh · spent ₹22.62 lakh · left ₹6.90 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.82 lakh · received ₹36.27 lakh · spent ₹48.98 lakh · left ₹8.26 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6265, 87.6456 —
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