Kanksa
Murshidabad-Jiagunj block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742302
· village code 314876
Population 2011
2,608
Census of India
Population 2020
3,519
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+34.9%
911 people · 3.4% a year
Households
843
+28.1% vs 658 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,608
Male / female
1,354 / 1,254
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
926
Children aged 0–6
351
Literacy rate
54.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
811
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.3%
Households
658
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
405
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
41
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
715
Non-farm households
128
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
250 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 250 / 200
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Tentulia panchayat, Murshidabad-Jiagunj 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
₹1.19 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.04 crore
Received directly
₹2.82 lakh
Spent
₹1.06 crore
Unspent at year end
₹1.20 crore
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹32.40 lakh · received ₹42.92 lakh · spent ₹50.39 lakh · left ₹27.75 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹86.36 lakh · received ₹61.42 lakh · spent ₹55.53 lakh · left ₹92.26 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1982, 88.3386 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Murshidabad district ·
School
staffing across Murshidabad ·
…and across West Bengal