Kachahatu
Jhalda-Ii block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723213
· village code 331472
Population 2011
3,057
Census of India
Population 2020
3,469
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.5%
412 people · 1.4% a year
Households
561
+2.2% vs 549 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,057
Male / female
1,556 / 1,501
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
965
Children aged 0–6
462
Literacy rate
41.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
136 / 22
Working population
1,485
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
35.8%
Households
549
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
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
279
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
70
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
6
Non-farm households
481
Share of households farming, 2020
1%
Net sown area
190 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
190 / 1 / 3
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nowahatu panchayat, Jhalda-Ii 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
₹64.85 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹79.14 lakh
Received directly
₹1.14 lakh
Spent
₹89.78 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹55.35 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.96 lakh · received ₹32.52 lakh · spent ₹26.20 lakh · left ₹21.42 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹50.90 lakh · received ₹46.61 lakh · spent ₹63.58 lakh · left ₹33.93 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4234, 86.0851 —
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