Kiar Chandra
Keshiary block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721135
· village code 343498
Population 2011
1,370
Census of India
Population 2020
1,540
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.4%
170 people · 1.3% a year
Households
331
+2.8% vs 322 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,370
Male / female
689 / 681
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
988
Children aged 0–6
189
Literacy rate
72.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
253 / 669
Working population
669
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.2%
Households
322
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 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
85
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
321
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
244 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
244 / 40 / 5
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kusumpur panchayat, Keshiary 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
₹31.85 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹52.48 lakh
Received directly
₹70,643
Spent
₹77.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.37 lakh · received ₹21.57 lakh · spent ₹30.93 lakh · left ₹1.71 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.48 lakh · received ₹30.91 lakh · spent ₹46.17 lakh · left ₹6.23 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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