Sankakandar
Ranishwar block · Dumka
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814144
· village code 371240
Population 2011
277
Census of India
Population 2020
255
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-7.9%
-22 people · -0.9% a year
Households
71
+2.9% vs 69 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
277
Male / female
145 / 132
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
910
Children aged 0–6
41
Literacy rate
35.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
67 / 0
Working population
108
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.2%
Households
69
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
30
Non-farm households
41
Share of households farming, 2020
42%
Net sown area
102 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
102 / 5 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bilkandi panchayat, Ranishwar 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
₹21.30 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.67 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹20.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.06 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.28 lakh · received ₹5.47 lakh · spent ₹10.00 lakh · left ₹74,780
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.02 lakh · received ₹8.20 lakh · spent ₹10.91 lakh · left ₹13.31 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2703, 87.2423 —
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