Gadgachhi
Kharagpur-Ii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721301
· village code 341802
Population 2011
488
Census of India
Population 2020
699
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+43.2%
211 people · 4.1% a year
Households
172
+29.3% vs 133 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
488
Male / female
254 / 234
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
60
Literacy rate
63.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
151 / 242
Working population
230
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.8%
Households
133
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
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
36
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
9
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
151
Non-farm households
19
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
12 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
12 / 12 / 4
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lachhmapur panchayat, Kharagpur-Ii 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
₹78.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.09 crore
Received directly
₹40,161
Spent
₹1.46 crore
Unspent at year end
₹40.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.28 lakh · received ₹44.81 lakh · spent ₹56.82 lakh · left ₹11.68 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹54.75 lakh · received ₹64.13 lakh · spent ₹89.64 lakh · left ₹29.24 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3604, 87.3810 —
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