Kharia
Mohammad Bazar block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731132
· village code 316894
Population 2011
1,837
Census of India
Population 2020
2,265
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.3%
428 people · 2.4% a year
Households
697
+63.2% vs 427 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,837
Male / female
921 / 916
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
995
Children aged 0–6
212
Literacy rate
65.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
959 / 12
Working population
698
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
23.6%
Households
427
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
162
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
320 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
320 / 210 / 60
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mahamadbazar panchayat, Mohammad Bazar 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
₹30.38 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹54.86 lakh
Received directly
₹33,903
Spent
₹55.64 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.33 lakh · received ₹22.54 lakh · spent ₹21.51 lakh · left ₹13.71 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.05 lakh · received ₹32.31 lakh · spent ₹34.13 lakh · left ₹16.23 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9820, 87.5784 —
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