Khaira

Amta-I block · Howrah district, West Bengal · PIN 711401 · village code 332641

Population 2011

1,260

Census of India

Population 2020

1,225

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-2.8%

-35 people · -0.3% a year

Households

400

+34.2% vs 298 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,260

Male / female

662 / 598

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

903

Children aged 0–6

129

Literacy rate

60.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

607 / 0

Working population

568

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

43.3%

Households

298

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 1 km away

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road nearest 2 km away

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

127

Non-farm households

120

Share of households farming, 2020

51%

Net sown area

30 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

30 / 20 / 10

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Balichak panchayat, Amta-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

₹39.11 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹52.24 lakh

Received directly

₹65,222

Spent

₹62.71 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹29.29 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹13.07 lakh · received ₹21.47 lakh · spent ₹23.38 lakh · left ₹11.81 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹26.04 lakh · received ₹30.77 lakh · spent ₹39.33 lakh · left ₹17.47 lakh

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

Location

22.6486, 87.9929 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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