Shikarpur
Contai-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721401
· village code 346156
Population 2011
214
Census of India
Population 2020
219
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.3%
5 people · 0.3% a year
Households
68
+21.4% vs 56 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
214
Male / female
113 / 101
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
894
Children aged 0–6
25
Literacy rate
84.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
53
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.8%
Households
56
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
38
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
56%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 3 / 1
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sabajput 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
₹30.63 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹59.66 lakh
Received directly
₹17,634
Spent
₹58.90 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.56 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.46 lakh · received ₹24.52 lakh · spent ₹19.83 lakh · left ₹12.32 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.17 lakh · received ₹35.14 lakh · spent ₹39.07 lakh · left ₹19.24 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.7477, 87.7017 —
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population changes in Medinipur East district ·
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