Kharupala

Haroa block · 24 Paraganas North district, West Bengal · PIN 743425 · village code 323657

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 6,003 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 18,003 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

6,003

Male / female

3,088 / 2,915

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

944

Children aged 0–6

903

Literacy rate

59.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,081 / 12

Working population

1,908

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

74.5%

Households

1,262

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water nearest 5 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

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

660

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

500

Non-farm households

2,030

Share of households farming, 2020

20%

Net sown area

110 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

60 / 110 / 20

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Bakjuri panchayat, Haroa 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

₹55.00 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹87.84 lakh

Received directly

₹62,025

Spent

₹1.00 crore

Unspent at year end

₹42.97 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹22.55 lakh · received ₹36.10 lakh · spent ₹37.49 lakh · left ₹21.78 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹32.45 lakh · received ₹51.74 lakh · spent ₹63.00 lakh · left ₹21.19 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

22.5946, 88.6414 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in 24 Paraganas North district · School staffing across 24 Paraganas North · …and across West Bengal