Akahara
Jhalda-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723202
· village code 331333
Population 2011
1,009
Census of India
Population 2020
1,152
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.2%
143 people · 1.5% a year
Households
231
+10.5% vs 209 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,009
Male / female
497 / 512
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,030
Children aged 0–6
177
Literacy rate
34.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
108 / 40
Working population
383
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.9%
Households
209
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
92
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
173
Non-farm households
55
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
0 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mathari-Khamar panchayat, Jhalda-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
₹63.95 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹49.84 lakh
Received directly
₹88,755
Spent
₹59.73 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹54.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.20 lakh · received ₹20.48 lakh · spent ₹25.47 lakh · left ₹12.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹47.75 lakh · received ₹29.36 lakh · spent ₹34.25 lakh · left ₹42.85 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3333, 86.3602 —
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