Chaknan
Chandipur block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721633
· village code 345582
Population 2011
1,961
Census of India
Population 2020
2,315
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.1%
354 people · 1.9% a year
Households
401
+5.8% vs 379 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,961
Male / female
1,024 / 937
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
915
Children aged 0–6
245
Literacy rate
80.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
856
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
20.2%
Households
379
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
146
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
37
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
205
Non-farm households
186
Share of households farming, 2020
52%
Net sown area
39 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
39 / 13 / 5
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Brindabanpur-Ii panchayat, Chandipur 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
₹34.59 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹62.92 lakh
Received directly
₹56,163
Spent
₹65.29 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.78 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.86 lakh · received ₹25.86 lakh · spent ₹20.72 lakh · left ₹13.56 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.73 lakh · received ₹37.06 lakh · spent ₹44.57 lakh · left ₹19.22 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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