Gathra
Shahid Matangini block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721134
· village code 344585
Population 2011
4,348
Census of India
Population 2020
4,076
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-6.3%
-272 people · -0.7% a year
Households
856
-14.8% vs 1,005 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,348
Male / female
2,272 / 2,076
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
914
Children aged 0–6
550
Literacy rate
74.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
1,495
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
35.5%
Households
1,005
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Kharui-Ii panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
148
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
810
Non-farm households
36
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
85 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
85 / 85 / 3
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kharui-Ii panchayat, Shahid Matangini 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
₹39.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹47.03 lakh
Received directly
₹72,213
Spent
₹62.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.65 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.05 lakh · received ₹19.37 lakh · spent ₹24.87 lakh · left ₹10.26 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.99 lakh · received ₹27.66 lakh · spent ₹37.28 lakh · left ₹14.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3840, 87.9091 —
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