Gaharia
Khargram block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742147
· village code 315178
Population 2011
1,670
Census of India
Population 2020
1,899
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.7%
229 people · 1.4% a year
Households
418
+11.2% vs 376 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,670
Male / female
849 / 821
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
967
Children aged 0–6
225
Literacy rate
47.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
617 / 0
Working population
568
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.7%
Households
376
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
141
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
330
Non-farm households
84
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
160 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
160 / 10 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Margram 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
₹90.50 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹86.76 lakh
Received directly
₹2.07 lakh
Spent
₹1.02 crore
Unspent at year end
₹77.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹32.03 lakh · received ₹35.65 lakh · spent ₹38.45 lakh · left ₹31.31 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹58.47 lakh · received ₹51.10 lakh · spent ₹63.45 lakh · left ₹46.13 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0721, 87.9950 —
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