Dakshin Arbana
Dantan-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721435
· village code 343817
Population 2011
3,445
Census of India
Population 2020
3,955
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.8%
510 people · 1.5% a year
Households
848
+17.0% vs 725 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,445
Male / female
1,756 / 1,689
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
962
Children aged 0–6
387
Literacy rate
70.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
279 / 394
Working population
1,182
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.5%
Households
725
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
162
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
10
Non-farm households
752
Share of households farming, 2020
1%
Net sown area
455 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
455 / 455 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Salikotha panchayat, Dantan-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
₹58.31 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹86.26 lakh
Received directly
₹2.83 lakh
Spent
₹97.52 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹49.88 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.85 lakh · received ₹35.45 lakh · spent ₹40.86 lakh · left ₹15.27 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹40.46 lakh · received ₹50.81 lakh · spent ₹56.66 lakh · left ₹34.62 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.9223, 87.3999 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
…and across West Bengal