Chotkhanda
Memari-1 block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713146
· village code 320299
Population 2011
4,365
Census of India
Population 2020
4,487
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.8%
122 people · 0.3% a year
Households
985
+1.9% vs 967 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,365
Male / female
2,182 / 2,183
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,000
Children aged 0–6
503
Literacy rate
55.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,480 / 1,225
Working population
2,135
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.9%
Households
967
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
196
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
49
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
770
Non-farm households
215
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
420 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
420 / 420 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Durgapur panchayat, Memari-1 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
₹65.36 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹97.03 lakh
Received directly
₹97,956
Spent
₹1.18 crore
Unspent at year end
₹45.83 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.27 lakh · received ₹39.91 lakh · spent ₹45.20 lakh · left ₹15.96 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹45.09 lakh · received ₹57.11 lakh · spent ₹72.34 lakh · left ₹29.86 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1427, 88.1347 —
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