Mahishgot
Contai-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721401
· village code 346145
Population 2011
1,033
Census of India
Population 2020
1,320
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.8%
287 people · 2.8% a year
Households
256
+13.8% vs 225 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,033
Male / female
523 / 510
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
975
Children aged 0–6
101
Literacy rate
85.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
29 / 0
Working population
304
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.7%
Households
225
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
56
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
23
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
4 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
4 / 4 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mahisagot 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
₹48.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹63.28 lakh
Received directly
₹63,986
Spent
₹75.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.20 lakh · received ₹26.01 lakh · spent ₹32.79 lakh · left ₹13.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.99 lakh · received ₹37.27 lakh · spent ₹42.37 lakh · left ₹23.89 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.7658, 87.7321 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Medinipur East ·
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