Kharkena
Takhatpur block · Bilaspur
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 495222
· village code 438634
Population 2011
3,702
Census of India
Population 2020
4,823
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+30.3%
1,121 people · 3.0% a year
Households
948
+33.1% vs 712 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,702
Male / female
1,881 / 1,821
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
968
Children aged 0–6
599
Literacy rate
62.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
597 / 327
Working population
1,886
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.4%
Households
712
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
748
Teachers
17
Students per teacher
44
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
796
Non-farm households
152
Share of households farming, 2020
84%
Net sown area
562 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
562 / 162 / 60
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kharkena panchayat, Takhatpur 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
₹16.06 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.06 lakh
Received directly
₹2.31 lakh
Spent
₹18.90 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.06 lakh · received ₹5.64 lakh · spent ₹9.13 lakh · left ₹5.87 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.00 lakh · received ₹8.43 lakh · spent ₹9.76 lakh · left ₹7.67 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.9940, 82.0429 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bilaspur district ·
School
staffing across Bilaspur ·
…and across Chhattisgarh