Gaighata
Salbani block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721147
· village code 339068
Population 2011
312
Census of India
Population 2020
316
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.3%
4 people · 0.1% a year
Households
75
+1.4% vs 74 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
312
Male / female
159 / 153
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
962
Children aged 0–6
43
Literacy rate
79.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1 / 251
Working population
104
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.0%
Households
74
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
1
Non-farm households
1
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
38 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
38 / 22 / 5
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shalboni 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
₹50.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹85.71 lakh
Received directly
₹89,659
Spent
₹1.10 crore
Unspent at year end
₹27.00 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.22 lakh · received ₹35.22 lakh · spent ₹43.35 lakh · left ₹14.98 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹27.83 lakh · received ₹50.48 lakh · spent ₹66.30 lakh · left ₹12.02 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6720, 87.2356 —
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population changes in Medinipur West district ·
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