Kanchan Tala
Keshpur block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721150
· village code 338549
Population 2011
1,371
Census of India
Population 2020
1,492
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.8%
121 people · 0.9% a year
Households
385
+23.8% vs 311 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,371
Male / female
736 / 635
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
863
Children aged 0–6
151
Literacy rate
71.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
202 / 69
Working population
542
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.7%
Households
311
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
75
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
128
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
47 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
47 / 40 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sarishakhola 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
₹76.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹95.85 lakh
Received directly
₹81,640
Spent
₹1.30 crore
Unspent at year end
₹43.77 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.88 lakh · received ₹39.43 lakh · spent ₹54.09 lakh · left ₹15.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹47.78 lakh · received ₹56.42 lakh · spent ₹75.47 lakh · left ₹28.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4505, 87.3207 —
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