Shankati
Midnapore block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721150
· village code 339396
Population 2011
1,353
Census of India
Population 2020
1,627
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.3%
274 people · 2.1% a year
Households
292
0.0% vs 292 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,353
Male / female
676 / 677
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,001
Children aged 0–6
186
Literacy rate
67.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
42 / 551
Working population
490
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.7%
Households
292
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 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
175
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
262
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
105 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
105 / 50 / 3
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shiromoni 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
₹68.86 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹93.84 lakh
Received directly
₹1.18 lakh
Spent
₹1.20 crore
Unspent at year end
₹43.65 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹35.30 lakh · received ₹38.60 lakh · spent ₹57.52 lakh · left ₹17.57 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.56 lakh · received ₹55.23 lakh · spent ₹62.71 lakh · left ₹26.08 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4505, 87.3207 —
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