Harashankar
Tamluk block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721151
· village code 344462
Population 2011
4,379
Census of India
Population 2020
4,719
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.8%
340 people · 0.8% a year
Households
990
-3.1% vs 1,022 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,379
Male / female
2,262 / 2,117
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
936
Children aged 0–6
514
Literacy rate
77.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
596 / 0
Working population
1,962
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
40.9%
Households
1,022
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
252
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
540
Non-farm households
450
Share of households farming, 2020
55%
Net sown area
160 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
160 / 50 / 17
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nilkunthia panchayat, Tamluk 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
₹17.70 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.20 crore
Received directly
₹60,790
Spent
₹95.02 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹43.78 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.70 lakh · received ₹38.10 lakh · spent ₹31.23 lakh · left ₹19.02 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.00 lakh · received ₹82.40 lakh · spent ₹63.78 lakh · left ₹24.77 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3423, 87.8568 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur East district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur East ·
…and across West Bengal