Biswas
Shahid Matangini block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721637
· village code 344628
Population 2011
2,501
Census of India
Population 2020
2,500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-0.0%
-1 people · -0.0% a year
Households
595
-0.2% vs 596 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,501
Male / female
1,285 / 1,216
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
946
Children aged 0–6
287
Literacy rate
80.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
44 / 0
Working population
795
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.1%
Households
596
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
101
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhalhara 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
₹65.15 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹96.56 lakh
Received directly
₹8,686
Spent
₹1.09 crore
Unspent at year end
₹52.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.61 lakh · received ₹39.72 lakh · spent ₹34.47 lakh · left ₹26.95 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹43.54 lakh · received ₹56.84 lakh · spent ₹74.97 lakh · left ₹25.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3272, 87.9066 —
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