Paikan Karanji
Kharagpur-Ii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721149
· village code 341932
Population 2011
238
Census of India
Population 2020
271
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.9%
33 people · 1.5% a year
Households
51
+21.4% vs 42 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
238
Male / female
131 / 107
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
817
Children aged 0–6
28
Literacy rate
79.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
37 / 0
Working population
88
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.4%
Households
42
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
12
Non-farm households
39
Share of households farming, 2020
24%
Net sown area
23 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
23 / 20 / 1
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kaliara-Ii 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
₹23.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹47.04 lakh
Received directly
₹27,863
Spent
₹50.57 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.30 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.74 lakh · received ₹19.37 lakh · spent ₹16.68 lakh · left ₹10.63 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.81 lakh · received ₹27.67 lakh · spent ₹33.90 lakh · left ₹9.66 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3849, 87.5403 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
…and across West Bengal