Askaran
Galsi-Ii block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713406
· village code 319957
Population 2011
1,107
Census of India
Population 2020
1,342
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.2%
235 people · 2.2% a year
Households
380
+49.0% vs 255 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,107
Male / female
558 / 549
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
984
Children aged 0–6
110
Literacy rate
78.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 18
Working population
353
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
60.6%
Households
255
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
Yes
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
100
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
380
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kurkuba panchayat, Galsi-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
₹39.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹60.47 lakh
Received directly
₹1.20 lakh
Spent
₹67.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.85 lakh · received ₹24.85 lakh · spent ₹21.74 lakh · left ₹15.16 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.69 lakh · received ₹35.62 lakh · spent ₹45.41 lakh · left ₹18.91 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3722, 87.7061 —
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