Katganj
Egra-Ii block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721422
· village code 346791
Population 2011
539
Census of India
Population 2020
560
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.9%
21 people · 0.4% a year
Households
135
+42.1% vs 95 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
539
Male / female
270 / 269
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
996
Children aged 0–6
62
Literacy rate
71.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
539 / 0
Working population
252
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.5%
Households
95
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
130
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
3 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
3 / 3 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bathuary panchayat, Egra-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
₹49.87 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹88.19 lakh
Received directly
₹93,779
Spent
₹96.39 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹42.61 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.17 lakh · received ₹36.24 lakh · spent ₹32.29 lakh · left ₹19.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.70 lakh · received ₹51.95 lakh · spent ₹64.10 lakh · left ₹23.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8919, 87.6542 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur East district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur East ·
…and across West Bengal