Okarsha
Katwa-Ii block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713514
· village code 319412
Population 2011
1,795
Census of India
Population 2020
1,707
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-4.9%
-88 people · -0.6% a year
Households
277
-38.3% vs 449 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,795
Male / female
902 / 893
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
990
Children aged 0–6
209
Literacy rate
52.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,167 / 10
Working population
775
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.5%
Households
449
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
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
60
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
85
Non-farm households
192
Share of households farming, 2020
31%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 30 / 12
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Singi panchayat, Katwa-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
₹84.81 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹79.78 lakh
Received directly
₹1.15 lakh
Spent
₹1.25 crore
Unspent at year end
₹40.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹31.01 lakh · received ₹32.79 lakh · spent ₹46.30 lakh · left ₹18.38 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹53.80 lakh · received ₹46.99 lakh · spent ₹79.07 lakh · left ₹22.00 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6396, 88.1345 —
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