Kathia
Murarai-Ii block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731219
· village code 316082
Population 2011
8,465
Census of India
Population 2020
11,942
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+41.1%
3,477 people · 3.9% a year
Households
2,722
+27.6% vs 2,134 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8,465
Male / female
4,298 / 4,167
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
970
Children aged 0–6
1,218
Literacy rate
52.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
696 / 13
Working population
2,887
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.1%
Households
2,134
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
815
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
102
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,705
Non-farm households
1,017
Share of households farming, 2020
63%
Net sown area
65 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
65 / 35 / 34
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nandigram panchayat, Murarai-Ii 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
₹45.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹79.71 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹80.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹44.60 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.91 lakh · received ₹32.76 lakh · spent ₹30.89 lakh · left ₹17.77 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹29.33 lakh · received ₹46.95 lakh · spent ₹49.46 lakh · left ₹26.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2703, 87.8352 —
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