Shankadanga
Midnapore block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721102
· village code 339271
Population 2011
576
Census of India
Population 2020
590
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.4%
14 people · 0.3% a year
Households
177
+51.3% vs 117 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
576
Male / female
288 / 288
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,000
Children aged 0–6
90
Literacy rate
59.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
35 / 2
Working population
225
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.3%
Households
117
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
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
43
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
120
Non-farm households
57
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
25 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
25 / 10 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chandra panchayat, Midnapore 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
₹54.94 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹70.97 lakh
Received directly
₹5.41 lakh
Spent
₹1.01 crore
Unspent at year end
₹29.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.54 lakh · received ₹29.17 lakh · spent ₹40.28 lakh · left ₹12.85 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.40 lakh · received ₹41.81 lakh · spent ₹61.12 lakh · left ₹17.09 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4505, 87.1648 —
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