Shahara
Shahid Matangini block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721137
· village code 344573
Population 2011
1,684
Census of India
Population 2020
1,714
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.8%
30 people · 0.2% a year
Households
401
+0.5% vs 399 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,684
Male / female
859 / 825
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
960
Children aged 0–6
166
Literacy rate
83.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
274 / 0
Working population
678
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
41.1%
Households
399
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
—
Bank
No
Primary health centre
No
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
58
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
89
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 10 / 0
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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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur East district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur East ·
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