Methra
Sonamukhi block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722207
· village code 327498
Population 2011
508
Census of India
Population 2020
592
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.5%
84 people · 1.7% a year
Households
141
+13.7% vs 124 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
508
Male / female
254 / 254
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,000
Children aged 0–6
46
Literacy rate
59.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
282 / 0
Working population
314
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.0%
Households
124
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 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
101
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
89
Non-farm households
14
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 20 / 10
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Radhamohanpur panchayat, Sonamukhi 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
₹79.12 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹87.20 lakh
Received directly
₹1.30 lakh
Spent
₹1.12 crore
Unspent at year end
₹55.65 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.10 lakh · received ₹35.83 lakh · spent ₹42.41 lakh · left ₹17.83 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹56.02 lakh · received ₹51.36 lakh · spent ₹69.56 lakh · left ₹37.82 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3333, 87.4590 —
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