Methena
Barjora block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722203
· village code 327326
Population 2011
572
Census of India
Population 2020
627
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.6%
55 people · 1.0% a year
Households
143
+13.5% vs 126 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
572
Male / female
291 / 281
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
966
Children aged 0–6
54
Literacy rate
63.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
48 / 135
Working population
224
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.0%
Households
126
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
58
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
83
Non-farm households
57
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
42 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
42 / 16 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chhandar panchayat, Barjora 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
₹61.02 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹54.83 lakh
Received directly
₹91,201
Spent
₹81.25 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹35.52 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30.16 lakh · received ₹22.53 lakh · spent ₹40.35 lakh · left ₹13.26 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.86 lakh · received ₹32.30 lakh · spent ₹40.90 lakh · left ₹22.26 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3077, 87.2516 —
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