Kharun
Rampurhat-I block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731233
· village code 316348
Population 2011
1,912
Census of India
Population 2020
1,962
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.6%
50 people · 0.3% a year
Households
460
+4.3% vs 441 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,912
Male / female
947 / 965
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,019
Children aged 0–6
248
Literacy rate
66.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,076 / 0
Working population
920
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.9%
Households
441
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>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
171
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
330
Non-farm households
130
Share of households farming, 2020
72%
Net sown area
130 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
130 / 25 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kharun panchayat, Rampurhat-I 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
₹33.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹48.28 lakh
Received directly
₹70,334
Spent
₹53.79 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.42 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.91 lakh · received ₹19.84 lakh · spent ₹19.56 lakh · left ₹12.71 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.31 lakh · received ₹28.44 lakh · spent ₹34.23 lakh · left ₹15.71 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1261, 87.7557 —
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