Sarakata
Jambani block · Jhargram
district, West Bengal · PIN 721505
· village code 340241
Population 2011
397
Census of India
Population 2020
412
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.8%
15 people · 0.4% a year
Households
96
+11.6% vs 86 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
397
Male / female
205 / 192
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
937
Children aged 0–6
40
Literacy rate
70.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
8 / 61
Working population
267
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.8%
Households
86
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
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
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
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
48
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
69
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
32 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
32 / 2 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kapgari panchayat, Jambani 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
₹55.83 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹60.05 lakh
Received directly
₹80,844
Spent
₹79.31 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹37.37 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.16 lakh · received ₹24.68 lakh · spent ₹25.68 lakh · left ₹18.96 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.67 lakh · received ₹35.37 lakh · spent ₹53.63 lakh · left ₹18.42 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4929, 86.8107 —
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