Saraswatipur
Salbani block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721147
· village code 338995
Population 2011
163
Census of India
Population 2020
209
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+28.2%
46 people · 2.8% a year
Households
43
+43.3% vs 30 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
163
Male / female
77 / 86
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,117
Children aged 0–6
28
Literacy rate
58.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
36 / 1
Working population
88
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.5%
Households
30
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
39
Non-farm households
4
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
12 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
12 / 11 / 6
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bankibandh panchayat, Salbani 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
₹47.31 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹84.31 lakh
Received directly
₹65,407
Spent
₹1.08 crore
Unspent at year end
₹23.85 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.42 lakh · received ₹34.65 lakh · spent ₹45.49 lakh · left ₹8.24 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.89 lakh · received ₹49.66 lakh · spent ₹62.94 lakh · left ₹15.62 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5946, 87.2948 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
…and across West Bengal