Shirsi
Kharagpur-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721145
· village code 341600
Population 2011
156
Census of India
Population 2020
180
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.4%
24 people · 1.6% a year
Households
27
-25.0% vs 36 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
156
Male / female
84 / 72
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
857
Children aged 0–6
12
Literacy rate
68.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
5 / 95
Working population
74
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
59.5%
Households
36
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
25
Non-farm households
2
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 10 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Vetia panchayat, Kharagpur-I 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
₹50.16 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹68.95 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹77.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹41.42 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.66 lakh · received ₹28.34 lakh · spent ₹31.93 lakh · left ₹11.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.50 lakh · received ₹40.61 lakh · spent ₹45.76 lakh · left ₹30.36 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.2323, 87.2673 —
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population changes in Medinipur West district ·
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staffing across Medinipur West ·
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