Gargaj Pota
Keshpur block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721150
· village code 338364
Population 2011
1,392
Census of India
Population 2020
2,265
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+62.7%
873 people · 5.6% a year
Households
408
+56.9% vs 260 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,392
Male / female
735 / 657
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
894
Children aged 0–6
195
Literacy rate
70.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
455
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.6%
Households
260
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
185
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
46
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
380
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
34 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
34 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Keshpur panchayat, Keshpur 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
₹32.18 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.05 crore
Received directly
₹81,893
Spent
₹1.02 crore
Unspent at year end
₹36.34 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.55 lakh · received ₹33.18 lakh · spent ₹42.11 lakh · left ₹17.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.63 lakh · received ₹71.77 lakh · spent ₹59.50 lakh · left ₹19.22 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5586, 87.4476 —
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