Karkai
Pingla block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721140
· village code 342664
Population 2011
3,113
Census of India
Population 2020
3,211
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.1%
98 people · 0.3% a year
Households
741
+1.9% vs 727 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,113
Male / female
1,610 / 1,503
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
934
Children aged 0–6
336
Literacy rate
76.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
322 / 550
Working population
1,223
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.8%
Households
727
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
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
102
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
378
Non-farm households
332
Share of households farming, 2020
53%
Net sown area
8 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
7 / 8 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karkai panchayat, Pingla 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
₹51.31 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹57.16 lakh
Received directly
₹1.78 lakh
Spent
₹93.37 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.87 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.69 lakh · received ₹23.49 lakh · spent ₹34.86 lakh · left ₹7.09 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.62 lakh · received ₹33.67 lakh · spent ₹58.51 lakh · left ₹9.77 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.2523, 87.6054 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Medinipur West district ·
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