Kesha
Kirnapur block · Balaghat
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 481226
· village code 497886
Population 2011
1,963
Census of India
Population 2020
2,003
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.0%
40 people · 0.2% a year
Households
452
+5.4% vs 429 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,963
Male / female
993 / 970
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
977
Children aged 0–6
269
Literacy rate
68.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
149 / 20
Working population
1,055
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.1%
Households
429
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
36
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
310
Non-farm households
42
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
210 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
210 / 110 / 60
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kesha panchayat, Kirnapur 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
₹8.89 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.37 lakh
Received directly
₹12.89 lakh
Spent
₹12.73 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.42 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.26 lakh · received ₹1.75 lakh · spent ₹3.69 lakh · left ₹31,654
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.63 lakh · received ₹2.62 lakh · spent ₹9.04 lakh · left ₹13.11 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.7658, 80.0493 —
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