Chamkara
Chhatna block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722132
· village code 326447
Population 2011
1,132
Census of India
Population 2020
1,265
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.8%
133 people · 1.2% a year
Households
220
+12.2% vs 196 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,132
Male / female
592 / 540
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
912
Children aged 0–6
173
Literacy rate
56.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
247 / 0
Working population
450
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.3%
Households
196
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
91
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
203
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
95 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
95 / 3 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chhatna-I panchayat, Chhatna 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
₹39.01 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹64.56 lakh
Received directly
₹97,882
Spent
₹75.94 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.60 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.27 lakh · received ₹26.53 lakh · spent ₹33.55 lakh · left ₹8.23 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.74 lakh · received ₹38.03 lakh · spent ₹42.39 lakh · left ₹20.37 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3153, 86.9763 —
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