Kharika
Keshpur block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721122
· village code 338467
Population 2011
1,459
Census of India
Population 2020
1,520
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.2%
61 people · 0.5% a year
Households
330
+8.2% vs 305 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,459
Male / female
748 / 711
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
951
Children aged 0–6
226
Literacy rate
55.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
397
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.4%
Households
305
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
235
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
39
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
220
Non-farm households
110
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
220 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
220 / 56 / 52
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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How this village compares
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