Argun
Ketugram_i block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 731301
· village code 319206
Population 2011
3,245
Census of India
Population 2020
3,337
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.8%
92 people · 0.3% a year
Households
719
+3.3% vs 696 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,245
Male / female
1,668 / 1,577
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
945
Children aged 0–6
498
Literacy rate
56.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
329 / 13
Working population
1,222
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.3%
Households
696
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
305
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
51
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
427
Non-farm households
292
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
114 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
55 / 36 / 114
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rajur panchayat, Ketugram_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
₹85.65 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹79.01 lakh
Received directly
₹1.29 lakh
Spent
₹1.11 crore
Unspent at year end
₹54.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹41.87 lakh · received ₹32.47 lakh · spent ₹49.88 lakh · left ₹25.74 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹43.79 lakh · received ₹46.54 lakh · spent ₹61.13 lakh · left ₹29.20 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.7297, 87.9394 —
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