Ranichak
Contai-Iii block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721452
· village code 346521
Population 2011
297
Census of India
Population 2020
360
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.2%
63 people · 2.2% a year
Households
80
+19.4% vs 67 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
297
Male / female
150 / 147
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
980
Children aged 0–6
25
Literacy rate
87.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
161
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
62.1%
Households
67
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
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
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
36
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
68
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
19 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
19 / 18 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kusumpur 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
₹43.64 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹72.58 lakh
Received directly
₹75,255
Spent
₹76.21 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹40.77 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.32 lakh · received ₹29.83 lakh · spent ₹33.07 lakh · left ₹15.82 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.32 lakh · received ₹42.75 lakh · spent ₹43.13 lakh · left ₹24.94 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8018, 87.7348 —
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