Kesra
Bundwan block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723129
· village code 332373
Population 2011
733
Census of India
Population 2020
770
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.0%
37 people · 0.5% a year
Households
175
+1.2% vs 173 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
733
Male / female
376 / 357
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
949
Children aged 0–6
73
Literacy rate
56.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 709
Working population
402
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.0%
Households
173
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
50
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
12
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
88 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
88 / 12 / 56
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chirudih panchayat, Bundwan 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
₹27.15 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹41.25 lakh
Received directly
₹1.91 lakh
Spent
₹41.04 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.27 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.30 lakh · received ₹16.99 lakh · spent ₹15.54 lakh · left ₹8.66 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.85 lakh · received ₹24.26 lakh · spent ₹25.50 lakh · left ₹20.61 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8829, 86.5012 —
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