Akandi
Shahid Matangini block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721137
· village code 344568
Population 2011
1,577
Census of India
Population 2020
1,821
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.5%
244 people · 1.6% a year
Households
455
+26.0% vs 361 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,577
Male / female
827 / 750
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
907
Children aged 0–6
159
Literacy rate
71.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
305 / 0
Working population
605
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
40.3%
Households
361
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
—
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
No
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
91
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
242
Non-farm households
105
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 20 / 10
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shantipur-Ii panchayat, Shahid Matangini 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
₹34.38 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹90.55 lakh
Received directly
₹99,454
Spent
₹89.19 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.67 lakh · received ₹28.63 lakh · spent ₹28.91 lakh · left ₹14.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.71 lakh · received ₹61.92 lakh · spent ₹60.28 lakh · left ₹22.35 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3964, 87.8714 —
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