Keshiara
Gangajal Ghati block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722133
· village code 326264
Population 2011
6,922
Census of India
Population 2020
7,856
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.5%
934 people · 1.4% a year
Households
1,402
+0.7% vs 1,392 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,922
Male / female
3,577 / 3,345
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
935
Children aged 0–6
838
Literacy rate
54.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,225 / 669
Working population
2,602
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.7%
Households
1,392
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
1,246
Teachers
25
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,300
Non-farm households
102
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
225 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
225 / 75 / 20
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gangajalghati panchayat, Gangajal Ghati 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
₹53.21 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹77.64 lakh
Received directly
₹89,063
Spent
₹90.23 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹41.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.08 lakh · received ₹31.91 lakh · spent ₹33.23 lakh · left ₹21.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.13 lakh · received ₹45.74 lakh · spent ₹57.01 lakh · left ₹20.07 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4234, 87.1062 —
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