Khamar
Jhalda-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 733202
· village code 331345
Population 2011
1,799
Census of India
Population 2020
1,962
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.1%
163 people · 1.0% a year
Households
389
+6.9% vs 364 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,799
Male / female
939 / 860
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
916
Children aged 0–6
280
Literacy rate
48.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
363 / 672
Working population
903
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.3%
Households
364
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
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
200
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
67
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
210
Non-farm households
32
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
4 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
4 / 1 / 1
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
23.1712, 86.6472 —
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