Kaimegha

Lalgola block · Murshidabad district, West Bengal · PIN 742148 · village code 314221

Population 2011

8,176

Census of India

Population 2020

11,000

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+34.5%

2,824 people · 3.4% a year

Households

2,120

+29.7% vs 1,635 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

8,176

Male / female

4,177 / 3,999

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

957

Children aged 0–6

1,275

Literacy rate

52.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

2,006 / 4

Working population

2,866

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

20.1%

Households

1,635

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Kalmegha panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Van

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

500

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

500

Non-farm households

1,200

Share of households farming, 2020

29%

Net sown area

12 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

12 / 12 / 6

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Kalmegha panchayat, Lalgola 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

₹45.38 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹75.58 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹85.00 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹35.96 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹17.58 lakh · received ₹31.06 lakh · spent ₹37.67 lakh · left ₹10.97 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹27.81 lakh · received ₹44.52 lakh · spent ₹47.33 lakh · left ₹24.99 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

24.3964, 88.2591 — view on OpenStreetMap

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