Akandi
Contai-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721401
· village code 346058
Population 2011
1,068
Census of India
Population 2020
1,310
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.7%
242 people · 2.3% a year
Households
282
+23.7% vs 228 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,068
Male / female
546 / 522
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
956
Children aged 0–6
142
Literacy rate
82.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
533
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
60.8%
Households
228
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
140
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 25 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Haipur panchayat, Contai-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
₹50.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹81.52 lakh
Received directly
₹86,110
Spent
₹93.65 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.46 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.28 lakh · received ₹33.50 lakh · spent ₹31.51 lakh · left ₹17.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.44 lakh · received ₹48.02 lakh · spent ₹62.14 lakh · left ₹22.33 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.7838, 87.7431 —
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