Chitra
Shahid Matangini block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721151
· village code 344570
Population 2011
2,209
Census of India
Population 2020
2,632
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.1%
423 people · 2.0% a year
Households
652
+34.7% vs 484 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,209
Male / female
1,134 / 1,075
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
948
Children aged 0–6
253
Literacy rate
80.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
116 / 0
Working population
799
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
25.4%
Households
484
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
—
Bank
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
110
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
315
Non-farm households
318
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
45 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
25 / 45 / 30
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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