Kanchan Gerya
Debra block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721124
· village code 342126
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 211 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 608 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
211
Male / female
105 / 106
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,010
Children aged 0–6
25
Literacy rate
70.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 23
Working population
141
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.4%
Households
37
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
60
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
145
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 40 / 40
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Duan-I panchayat, Debra 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
₹37.45 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹51.09 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹65.49 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.05 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.01 lakh · received ₹21.00 lakh · spent ₹23.27 lakh · left ₹8.73 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.44 lakh · received ₹30.10 lakh · spent ₹42.22 lakh · left ₹14.31 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3423, 87.5840 —
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Nearby villages
Kanakpur
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
…and across West Bengal