Shalmara
Sabang block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721434
· village code 342947
Population 2011
189
Census of India
Population 2020
256
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+35.5%
67 people · 3.4% a year
Households
56
+30.2% vs 43 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
189
Male / female
104 / 85
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
817
Children aged 0–6
19
Literacy rate
80.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
167 / 0
Working population
152
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.7%
Households
43
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 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
66
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 10 / 5
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bishnupur 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
₹52.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹83.83 lakh
Received directly
₹20,600
Spent
₹1.12 crore
Unspent at year end
₹24.89 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.74 lakh · received ₹34.45 lakh · spent ₹43.68 lakh · left ₹9.72 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.93 lakh · received ₹49.38 lakh · spent ₹68.14 lakh · left ₹15.18 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.1622, 87.7049 —
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