Kanchan Gerya
Debra block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721136
· village code 342479
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 596 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 265 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
596
Male / female
288 / 308
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,069
Children aged 0–6
61
Literacy rate
81.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 30
Working population
256
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.0%
Households
124
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
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 nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
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
20
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
51
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
24 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
24 / 12 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Malighati 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
₹51.86 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹77.17 lakh
Received directly
₹1.46 lakh
Spent
₹1.10 crore
Unspent at year end
₹20.87 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.98 lakh · received ₹31.71 lakh · spent ₹41.78 lakh · left ₹6.37 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.87 lakh · received ₹45.46 lakh · spent ₹67.84 lakh · left ₹14.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5225, 87.6393 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
…and across West Bengal