Khelar
Kharagpur-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721301
· village code 341703
Population 2011
2,629
Census of India
Population 2020
2,717
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.4%
88 people · 0.4% a year
Households
672
+2.3% vs 657 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,629
Male / female
1,337 / 1,292
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
966
Children aged 0–6
278
Literacy rate
74.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
774 / 517
Working population
971
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.1%
Households
657
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
191
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
48
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
261 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
261 / 125 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Barkola panchayat, Kharagpur-I 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
₹1.08 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.13 crore
Received directly
₹1.26 lakh
Spent
₹1.74 crore
Unspent at year end
₹48.09 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹43.39 lakh · received ₹46.33 lakh · spent ₹69.93 lakh · left ₹21.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹64.64 lakh · received ₹66.30 lakh · spent ₹1.04 crore · left ₹27.04 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.2523, 87.3329 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
…and across West Bengal