Charka
Keshpur block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721150
· village code 338464
Population 2011
3,509
Census of India
Population 2020
3,785
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.9%
276 people · 0.8% a year
Households
680
+8.8% vs 625 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,509
Male / female
1,805 / 1,704
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
944
Children aged 0–6
529
Literacy rate
67.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
13 / 51
Working population
1,035
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
48.6%
Households
625
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>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
560
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
112
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
560
Non-farm households
85
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
190 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
190 / 180 / 60
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Amrakuchi 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
₹45.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹80.71 lakh
Received directly
₹27.02 lakh
Spent
₹1.13 crore
Unspent at year end
₹40.29 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.30 lakh · received ₹33.17 lakh · spent ₹40.83 lakh · left ₹14.29 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.46 lakh · received ₹47.54 lakh · spent ₹72.37 lakh · left ₹26.01 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4144, 87.3370 —
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