Kankra
Basirhat-Ii block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743424
· village code 323590
Population 2011
3,205
Census of India
Population 2020
3,665
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.3%
460 people · 1.5% a year
Households
905
+12.1% vs 807 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,205
Male / female
1,656 / 1,549
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
935
Children aged 0–6
333
Literacy rate
73.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
56 / 110
Working population
1,350
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
29.9%
Households
807
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
120
Teachers
14
Students per teacher
9
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
871
Non-farm households
26
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
96 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
96 / 96 / 96
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kachua panchayat, Basirhat-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
₹62.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹87.14 lakh
Received directly
₹1.05 lakh
Spent
₹1.02 crore
Unspent at year end
₹48.79 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.48 lakh · received ₹35.81 lakh · spent ₹31.86 lakh · left ₹22.48 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹44.85 lakh · received ₹51.33 lakh · spent ₹69.87 lakh · left ₹26.30 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7005, 88.7706 —
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