Kharu
Amdanga block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743221
· village code 323011
Population 2011
1,651
Census of India
Population 2020
2,303
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+39.5%
652 people · 3.8% a year
Households
421
+20.6% vs 349 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,651
Male / female
861 / 790
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
918
Children aged 0–6
213
Literacy rate
68.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
661 / 2
Working population
541
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.1%
Households
349
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
120
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
334
Non-farm households
87
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
55 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
55 / 50 / 21
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sadhanpur panchayat, Amdanga 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
₹52.13 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹68.44 lakh
Received directly
₹48,700
Spent
₹76.27 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹44.79 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.77 lakh · received ₹28.13 lakh · spent ₹29.13 lakh · left ₹16.26 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.36 lakh · received ₹40.32 lakh · spent ₹47.14 lakh · left ₹28.53 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8108, 88.5078 —
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