Birkota
Sabang block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721467
· village code 342881
Population 2011
1,370
Census of India
Population 2020
1,570
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.6%
200 people · 1.5% a year
Households
475
+48.9% vs 319 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,370
Male / female
699 / 671
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
960
Children aged 0–6
137
Literacy rate
81.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
99 / 57
Working population
721
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
54.5%
Households
319
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
165
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
41
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
470
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
99%
Net sown area
99 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
99 / 25 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sharta panchayat, Sabang 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
₹47.64 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹61.94 lakh
Received directly
₹81,345
Spent
₹87.25 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.57 lakh · received ₹25.46 lakh · spent ₹38.60 lakh · left ₹6.24 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹29.06 lakh · received ₹36.49 lakh · spent ₹48.65 lakh · left ₹16.90 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.2523, 87.3524 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
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population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
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