Gokarna

Kandi block · Murshidabad district, West Bengal · PIN 742136 · village code 315230

Population 2011

16,198

Census of India

Population 2020

17,482

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+7.9%

1,284 people · 0.9% a year

Households

3,971

+6.8% vs 3,720 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

16,198

Male / female

8,293 / 7,905

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

953

Children aged 0–6

1,919

Literacy rate

58.4%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

3,031 / 390

Working population

5,129

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

62.8%

Households

3,720

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Separately located

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

327

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

2,454

Non-farm households

1,517

Share of households farming, 2020

62%

Net sown area

518 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

518 / 452 / 478

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Gokarna-I panchayat, Kandi 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

₹71.56 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹68.98 lakh

Received directly

₹95,793

Spent

₹95.69 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹45.80 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹16.29 lakh · received ₹28.35 lakh · spent ₹30.90 lakh · left ₹14.70 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹55.26 lakh · received ₹40.63 lakh · spent ₹64.79 lakh · left ₹31.11 lakh

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

Location

24.0360, 88.1084 — view on OpenStreetMap

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