Arkama
Khatra-I block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722140
· village code 328966
Population 2011
1,947
Census of India
Population 2020
2,168
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.3%
221 people · 1.2% a year
Households
434
0.0% vs 434 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,947
Male / female
1,024 / 923
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
901
Children aged 0–6
255
Literacy rate
61.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,179 / 373
Working population
784
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.0%
Households
434
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
95
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
234
Share of households farming, 2020
46%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
58 / 55 / 60
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhanara panchayat, Khatra-I 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
₹42.99 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹61.69 lakh
Received directly
₹30,647
Spent
₹82.34 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.61 lakh · received ₹25.35 lakh · spent ₹37.21 lakh · left ₹5.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.38 lakh · received ₹36.34 lakh · spent ₹45.13 lakh · left ₹17.59 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0991, 87.3254 —
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