Hetkahan
Jaipur block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723201
· village code 329895
Population 2011
2,157
Census of India
Population 2020
2,741
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.1%
584 people · 2.7% a year
Households
485
+22.8% vs 395 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,157
Male / female
1,095 / 1,062
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
970
Children aged 0–6
350
Literacy rate
43.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 102
Working population
1,129
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.9%
Households
395
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
360
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
72
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
425
Non-farm households
60
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
110 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
110 / 10 / 10
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Upankahan panchayat, Jaipur 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
₹57.97 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹83.13 lakh
Received directly
₹4.57 lakh
Spent
₹60.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹85.20 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.54 lakh · received ₹26.28 lakh · spent ₹17.00 lakh · left ₹40.40 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.43 lakh · received ₹56.84 lakh · spent ₹43.47 lakh · left ₹44.80 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3514, 86.0579 —
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