Siddha

Kolaghat block · Medinipur East district, West Bengal · PIN 721151 · village code 344369

Population 2011

5,642

Census of India

Population 2020

6,182

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+9.6%

540 people · 1.0% a year

Households

1,476

+19.6% vs 1,234 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

5,642

Male / female

2,902 / 2,740

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

944

Children aged 0–6

678

Literacy rate

68.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

242 / 4

Working population

1,840

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

43.5%

Households

1,234

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

only one habitation is 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

256

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Net sown area

156 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

156 / 144 / 12

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Siddha-I panchayat, Kolaghat 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

₹42.25 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹57.92 lakh

Received directly

₹77,654

Spent

₹69.69 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹31.26 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹20.00 lakh · received ₹23.80 lakh · spent ₹32.99 lakh · left ₹11.59 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹22.25 lakh · received ₹34.12 lakh · spent ₹36.70 lakh · left ₹19.67 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

22.4192, 87.7832 — view on OpenStreetMap

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