Dakshin Dhankhal
Daspur-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721211
· village code 337900
Population 2011
768
Census of India
Population 2020
1,055
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+37.4%
287 people · 3.6% a year
Households
247
+47.9% vs 167 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
768
Male / female
386 / 382
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
990
Children aged 0–6
88
Literacy rate
71.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
202 / 4
Working population
265
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.8%
Households
167
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 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
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
120
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
245
Non-farm households
2
Share of households farming, 2020
99%
Net sown area
25 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
25 / 25 / 10
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sarberia-Ii panchayat, Daspur-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
₹41.61 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹60.02 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹79.13 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.50 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.41 lakh · received ₹24.67 lakh · spent ₹33.76 lakh · left ₹4.33 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.19 lakh · received ₹35.36 lakh · spent ₹45.38 lakh · left ₹18.18 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5405, 87.6702 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Medinipur West district ·
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staffing across Medinipur West ·
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