Keshra
Chhatna block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722139
· village code 326586
Population 2011
1,030
Census of India
Population 2020
1,119
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.6%
89 people · 0.9% a year
Households
244
-7.9% vs 265 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,030
Male / female
521 / 509
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
977
Children aged 0–6
135
Literacy rate
51.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
459 / 118
Working population
294
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.7%
Households
265
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
75
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
112
Non-farm households
132
Share of households farming, 2020
46%
Net sown area
170 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
33 / 170 / 170
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Saldiha 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
₹38.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹92.57 lakh
Received directly
₹1.11 lakh
Spent
₹75.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹56.37 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.29 lakh · received ₹29.27 lakh · spent ₹32.04 lakh · left ₹12.63 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.76 lakh · received ₹63.30 lakh · spent ₹43.31 lakh · left ₹43.75 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2432, 86.8508 —
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