Metal
Salbani block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721147
· village code 339126
Population 2011
453
Census of India
Population 2020
473
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.4%
20 people · 0.5% a year
Households
92
+2.2% vs 90 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
453
Male / female
226 / 227
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,004
Children aged 0–6
73
Literacy rate
68.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
162 / 98
Working population
180
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.1%
Households
90
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
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 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
65
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
45
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 15 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
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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