Jokha Gerya
Keshpur block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 711150
· village code 338488
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 211 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 580 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
211
Male / female
118 / 93
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
788
Children aged 0–6
24
Literacy rate
54.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
155 / 55
Working population
102
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.1%
Households
49
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
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
Farming
Farm households
84
Non-farm households
16
Share of households farming, 2020
84%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 15 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jhentla 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
₹48.42 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹80.86 lakh
Received directly
₹80,807
Spent
₹1.04 crore
Unspent at year end
₹26.24 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.65 lakh · received ₹33.23 lakh · spent ₹45.20 lakh · left ₹5.50 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.76 lakh · received ₹47.63 lakh · spent ₹58.64 lakh · left ₹20.75 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4685, 87.4881 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
…and across West Bengal