Shitalpur
Ghatal block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721232
· village code 337759
Population 2011
658
Census of India
Population 2020
910
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+38.3%
252 people · 3.7% a year
Households
195
+47.7% vs 132 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
658
Male / female
341 / 317
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
930
Children aged 0–6
81
Literacy rate
70.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
516 / 1
Working population
190
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.5%
Households
132
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 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 10 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
86
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
170
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
110 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
110 / 5 / 5
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
22.6267, 87.6455 —
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