Sikharpur
Ramnagar-Ii block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721455
· village code 347051
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 58 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 29 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
58
Male / female
30 / 28
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
933
Children aged 0–6
7
Literacy rate
63.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
35 / 0
Working population
16
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
100.0%
Households
10
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
4
Non-farm households
2
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 8 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Maithana panchayat, Ramnagar-Ii 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
₹35.26 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹68.69 lakh
Received directly
₹75,283
Spent
₹69.19 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹35.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.71 lakh · received ₹28.23 lakh · spent ₹24.78 lakh · left ₹14.91 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.54 lakh · received ₹40.46 lakh · spent ₹44.41 lakh · left ₹20.60 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.7580, 87.6317 —
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