Sikdar Chak
Deshapran block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721442
· village code 346342
Population 2011
739
Census of India
Population 2020
797
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.8%
58 people · 0.8% a year
Households
165
+10.7% vs 149 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
739
Male / female
385 / 354
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
919
Children aged 0–6
78
Literacy rate
82.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
49 / 0
Working population
214
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.7%
Households
149
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
152
Non-farm households
13
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 21 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basantia panchayat, Deshapran 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
₹48.96 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹79.57 lakh
Received directly
₹83,892
Spent
₹91.70 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹37.67 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.59 lakh · received ₹32.70 lakh · spent ₹37.24 lakh · left ₹16.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.37 lakh · received ₹46.87 lakh · spent ₹54.46 lakh · left ₹21.23 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.7838, 87.8402 —
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