Kenchkapur
Chandrakona-Ii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721201
· village code 337608
Population 2011
2,863
Census of India
Population 2020
3,411
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.1%
548 people · 2.0% a year
Households
806
+26.7% vs 636 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,863
Male / female
1,450 / 1,413
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
974
Children aged 0–6
256
Literacy rate
82.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
638 / 164
Working population
1,356
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.7%
Households
636
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
80
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
296
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 40 / 60
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bandipur-I panchayat, Chandrakona-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
₹36.51 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹54.01 lakh
Received directly
₹1.37 lakh
Spent
₹60.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.90 lakh · received ₹22.20 lakh · spent ₹23.58 lakh · left ₹12.88 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.61 lakh · received ₹31.81 lakh · spent ₹37.18 lakh · left ₹18.24 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6847, 87.5669 —
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