Banicha
Sankrail block · Jhargram
district, West Bengal · PIN 721517
· village code 341187
Population 2011
391
Census of India
Population 2020
460
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.6%
69 people · 1.8% a year
Households
119
+45.1% vs 82 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
391
Male / female
202 / 189
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
936
Children aged 0–6
33
Literacy rate
56.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
280 / 0
Working population
121
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.6%
Households
82
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
31
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
109
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
8 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
8 / 7 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Andhari panchayat, Sankrail 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
₹17.45 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹33.32 lakh
Received directly
₹28,957
Spent
₹33.39 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.67 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.21 lakh · received ₹13.73 lakh · spent ₹9.30 lakh · left ₹7.75 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.24 lakh · received ₹19.59 lakh · spent ₹24.09 lakh · left ₹9.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.2364, 86.9043 —
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