Shikhar Patra Bar
Contai-Iii block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721444
· village code 346446
Population 2011
768
Census of India
Population 2020
764
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-0.5%
-4 people · -0.1% a year
Households
154
-2.5% vs 158 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
768
Male / female
395 / 373
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
944
Children aged 0–6
65
Literacy rate
81.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
60 / 0
Working population
387
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.1%
Households
158
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
101
Non-farm households
53
Share of households farming, 2020
66%
Net sown area
43 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
43 / 35 / 11
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhajachaulia panchayat, Contai-Iii 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
₹31.86 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹70.14 lakh
Received directly
₹40,598
Spent
₹68.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.46 lakh · received ₹28.82 lakh · spent ₹18.08 lakh · left ₹14.61 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.41 lakh · received ₹41.31 lakh · spent ₹50.69 lakh · left ₹19.03 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8919, 87.7124 —
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