Namkhana
Namkhana block · 24 Paraganas South
district, West Bengal · PIN 743357
· village code 335294
Population 2011
7,058
Census of India
Population 2020
8,475
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.1%
1,417 people · 2.1% a year
Households
1,921
+16.6% vs 1,648 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,058
Male / female
3,609 / 3,449
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
956
Children aged 0–6
784
Literacy rate
73.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,898 / 11
Working population
2,521
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
46.6%
Households
1,648
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
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
250
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,594
Non-farm households
261
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
4 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
4 / 2 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Namkhana panchayat, Namkhana 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
₹91.80 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.76 crore
Received directly
₹1.37 lakh
Spent
₹1.84 crore
Unspent at year end
₹85.13 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹56.34 lakh · received ₹45.39 lakh · spent ₹60.42 lakh · left ₹42.67 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.46 lakh · received ₹1.30 crore · spent ₹1.23 crore · left ₹42.46 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.7117, 88.2421 —
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