Sahachak
Daspur-Ii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721211
· village code 337975
Population 2011
2,302
Census of India
Population 2020
2,684
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.6%
382 people · 1.7% a year
Households
517
+14.9% vs 450 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,302
Male / female
1,204 / 1,098
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
912
Children aged 0–6
241
Literacy rate
77.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
255 / 1
Working population
1,083
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
50.9%
Households
450
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
188
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
461
Non-farm households
56
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
180 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
180 / 15 / 13
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sahachak panchayat, Daspur-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
₹36.90 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹57.68 lakh
Received directly
₹36,238
Spent
₹70.46 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.49 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.75 lakh · received ₹23.71 lakh · spent ₹24.64 lakh · left ₹12.19 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.15 lakh · received ₹33.98 lakh · spent ₹45.82 lakh · left ₹12.30 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5766, 87.7712 —
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