Shikra Chakadei
Egra-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721448
· village code 346638
Population 2011
1,078
Census of India
Population 2020
1,270
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.8%
192 people · 1.8% a year
Households
230
+2.2% vs 225 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,078
Male / female
560 / 518
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
925
Children aged 0–6
108
Literacy rate
78.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
34 / 8
Working population
382
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.8%
Households
225
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
41
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
141
Non-farm households
89
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
52 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
52 / 38 / 5
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rishibankimchandra panchayat, Egra-I 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
₹58.26 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹90.81 lakh
Received directly
₹1.22 lakh
Spent
₹99.65 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹50.63 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.09 lakh · received ₹37.32 lakh · spent ₹40.02 lakh · left ₹18.60 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹38.17 lakh · received ₹53.49 lakh · spent ₹59.63 lakh · left ₹32.03 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.0753, 87.2787 —
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