Kharan
Patashpur-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721439
· village code 344936
Population 2011
2,198
Census of India
Population 2020
2,656
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.8%
458 people · 2.1% a year
Households
620
+22.8% vs 505 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,198
Male / female
1,127 / 1,071
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
950
Children aged 0–6
245
Literacy rate
74.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
356 / 0
Working population
980
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.2%
Households
505
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
117
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
534
Non-farm households
86
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
110 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
110 / 5 / 27
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gopalpur panchayat, Patashpur-I 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
₹39.07 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹71.66 lakh
Received directly
₹40,925
Spent
₹73.97 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹37.17 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.91 lakh · received ₹29.45 lakh · spent ₹25.20 lakh · left ₹15.58 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.16 lakh · received ₹42.21 lakh · spent ₹48.78 lakh · left ₹21.59 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3966, 87.1926 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur East district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur East ·
…and across West Bengal