Kenda

Puncha block · Purulia district, West Bengal · PIN 723128 · village code 331120

Population 2011

3,803

Census of India

Population 2020

5,135

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+35.0%

1,332 people · 3.4% a year

Households

757

+1.3% vs 747 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

3,803

Male / female

1,922 / 1,881

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

979

Children aged 0–6

477

Literacy rate

60.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

159 / 240

Working population

2,187

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

81.3%

Households

747

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 10 km away

High school

Yes

Piped tap water nearest 10 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

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

482

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

637

Non-farm households

120

Share of households farming, 2020

84%

Net sown area

22 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

1 / 2 / 22

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Kenda panchayat, Puncha 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

₹23.78 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹43.65 lakh

Received directly

₹31,502

Spent

₹44.57 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹23.18 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹5.04 lakh · received ₹17.98 lakh · spent ₹12.50 lakh · left ₹10.83 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹18.74 lakh · received ₹25.67 lakh · spent ₹32.07 lakh · left ₹12.35 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

23.3120, 86.5400 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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