Kanaidighi
Contai-Iii block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721444
· village code 346585
Population 2011
8,783
Census of India
Population 2020
9,519
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.4%
736 people · 0.9% a year
Households
2,500
+29.9% vs 1,925 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8,783
Male / female
4,518 / 4,265
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
944
Children aged 0–6
1,058
Literacy rate
80.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,443 / 19
Working population
3,390
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
41.9%
Households
1,925
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
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
502
Teachers
17
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2,250
Non-farm households
250
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
207 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
207 / 138 / 20
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kanaidighi 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
₹45.99 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹80.67 lakh
Received directly
₹52,819
Spent
₹89.28 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹37.91 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.50 lakh · received ₹33.15 lakh · spent ₹36.52 lakh · left ₹16.67 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.49 lakh · received ₹47.52 lakh · spent ₹52.76 lakh · left ₹21.24 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8919, 87.7707 —
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