Akgerya
Contai-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721452
· village code 346066
Population 2011
289
Census of India
Population 2020
323
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.8%
34 people · 1.2% a year
Households
105
+94.4% vs 54 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
289
Male / female
149 / 140
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
940
Children aged 0–6
27
Literacy rate
76.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
23 / 0
Working population
120
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
60.0%
Households
54
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 10 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Haipur panchayat, Contai-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
₹50.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹81.52 lakh
Received directly
₹86,110
Spent
₹93.65 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.46 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.28 lakh · received ₹33.50 lakh · spent ₹31.51 lakh · left ₹17.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.44 lakh · received ₹48.02 lakh · spent ₹62.14 lakh · left ₹22.33 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.7838, 87.7431 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur East district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur East ·
…and across West Bengal