Kandra
Khargram block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742159
· village code 315117
Population 2011
1,258
Census of India
Population 2020
1,475
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.3%
217 people · 1.8% a year
Households
360
+12.8% vs 319 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,258
Male / female
644 / 614
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
953
Children aged 0–6
166
Literacy rate
55.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
953 / 0
Working population
383
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.6%
Households
319
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
86
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
350
Non-farm households
7
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 90 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jaipur panchayat, Khargram 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
₹49.15 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹57.10 lakh
Received directly
₹91,443
Spent
₹73.41 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.76 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.15 lakh · received ₹23.47 lakh · spent ₹28.13 lakh · left ₹14.40 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.99 lakh · received ₹33.64 lakh · spent ₹45.28 lakh · left ₹19.35 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1261, 87.9729 —
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