Akra Markandapur
Kharagpur-Ii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721149
· village code 341878
Population 2011
464
Census of India
Population 2020
482
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.9%
18 people · 0.4% a year
Households
115
+5.5% vs 109 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
464
Male / female
234 / 230
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
983
Children aged 0–6
62
Literacy rate
70.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
130 / 144
Working population
202
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
45.5%
Households
109
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
85
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
24 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
24 / 11 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kaliara-I 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
₹34.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹56.69 lakh
Received directly
₹51,224
Spent
₹66.72 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.93 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.67 lakh · received ₹23.30 lakh · spent ₹28.09 lakh · left ₹9.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.77 lakh · received ₹33.39 lakh · spent ₹38.63 lakh · left ₹15.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4324, 87.7187 —
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