Turkakashba
Dantan-Ii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721445
· village code 343908
Population 2011
5,608
Census of India
Population 2020
6,772
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.8%
1,164 people · 2.1% a year
Households
1,189
+7.8% vs 1,103 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,608
Male / female
2,865 / 2,743
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
957
Children aged 0–6
753
Literacy rate
66.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
669 / 358
Working population
1,754
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
57.3%
Households
1,103
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
207
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
575 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
575 / 573 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Turka panchayat, Dantan-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
₹24.91 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.13 crore
Received directly
₹98,796
Spent
₹99.68 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.15 lakh · received ₹35.67 lakh · spent ₹34.03 lakh · left ₹17.77 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.76 lakh · received ₹77.14 lakh · spent ₹65.65 lakh · left ₹21.25 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8791, 87.3394 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
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