Shanka Diha
Bhagawanpur-Ii block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721626
· village code 345215
Population 2011
677
Census of India
Population 2020
764
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.8%
87 people · 1.4% a year
Households
163
+3.2% vs 158 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
677
Male / female
364 / 313
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
860
Children aged 0–6
67
Literacy rate
86.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
309
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.8%
Households
158
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
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
76
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
38 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
38 / 30 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Radhapur panchayat, Bhagawanpur-Ii 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
₹23.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹61.19 lakh
Received directly
₹39,615
Spent
₹52.85 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.26 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.18 lakh · received ₹25.15 lakh · spent ₹15.93 lakh · left ₹12.51 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.34 lakh · received ₹36.04 lakh · spent ₹36.91 lakh · left ₹19.75 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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