Panichiara
Contai-Iii block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721444
· village code 346495
Population 2011
2,177
Census of India
Population 2020
2,188
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.5%
11 people · 0.1% a year
Households
420
-11.6% vs 475 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,177
Male / female
1,132 / 1,045
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
923
Children aged 0–6
262
Literacy rate
79.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
250 / 0
Working population
1,171
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
51.6%
Households
475
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
375
Teachers
16
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
410
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
74 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
74 / 10 / 10
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kumirda 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
₹34.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹65.98 lakh
Received directly
₹54,530
Spent
₹70.28 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.91 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.63 lakh · received ₹27.12 lakh · spent ₹22.73 lakh · left ₹13.56 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.04 lakh · received ₹38.87 lakh · spent ₹47.55 lakh · left ₹17.35 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8739, 87.7596 —
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