Shyam Chak
Khejuri-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721430
· village code 345927
Population 2011
551
Census of India
Population 2020
1,045
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+89.7%
494 people · 7.4% a year
Households
215
+93.7% vs 111 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
551
Male / female
283 / 268
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
947
Children aged 0–6
46
Literacy rate
84.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
355
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.6%
Households
111
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
48
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
21
Non-farm households
18
Share of households farming, 2020
54%
Net sown area
84 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
84 / 30 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Haria panchayat, Khejuri-I 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
₹51.20 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹88.93 lakh
Received directly
₹59,760
Spent
₹92.79 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹47.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.27 lakh · received ₹36.55 lakh · spent ₹34.94 lakh · left ₹21.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.94 lakh · received ₹52.38 lakh · spent ₹57.85 lakh · left ₹26.88 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.9459, 87.7846 —
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