Charkhara
Barasat-I block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743248
· village code 323177
Population 2011
2,772
Census of India
Population 2020
3,685
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.9%
913 people · 3.2% a year
Households
880
+30.9% vs 672 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,772
Male / female
1,385 / 1,387
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,001
Children aged 0–6
234
Literacy rate
79.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
758 / 8
Working population
1,056
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
5.0%
Households
672
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
6
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
60
Non-farm households
780
Share of households farming, 2020
7%
Net sown area
6 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
6 / 4 / 6
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kashimpur panchayat, Barasat-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
₹1.06 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.39 crore
Received directly
₹2.34 lakh
Spent
₹1.70 crore
Unspent at year end
₹76.67 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.10 lakh · received ₹57.10 lakh · spent ₹61.41 lakh · left ₹25.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹78.51 lakh · received ₹81.74 lakh · spent ₹1.09 crore · left ₹51.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7520, 88.5264 —
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