Kotra
Barasat-I block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743294
· village code 323204
Population 2011
1,472
Census of India
Population 2020
1,535
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.3%
63 people · 0.5% a year
Households
375
+11.3% vs 337 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,472
Male / female
767 / 705
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
919
Children aged 0–6
179
Literacy rate
65.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
522 / 0
Working population
507
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.2%
Households
337
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
182
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
75
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
25 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
25 / 20 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kotra 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
₹71.96 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.38 crore
Received directly
₹95,900
Spent
₹1.30 crore
Unspent at year end
₹80.18 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.29 lakh · received ₹43.59 lakh · spent ₹36.66 lakh · left ₹25.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹54.68 lakh · received ₹94.17 lakh · spent ₹93.84 lakh · left ₹55.00 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7387, 88.5587 —
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