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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
DM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DEBEN MAHATO
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- LGD code
- 329985
- Pincode
- 723148
- Post office
- Hutmura
- Population
- 1,530
- Households
- 299
- Literacy rate
- 55%
- Sex ratio
- 925 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 526
Census 2011 · in context
How Karcha compares
By population, Karcha ranks #43 of 114 villages in Purulia - II mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.0%
+1.0% vs mandal average
- Karcha
- 55.0%
- Purulia - II mandal
- 54.0%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
925
−36 vs mandal average
- Karcha
- 925
- Purulia - II mandal
- 961
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Karcha
- 5.1
- Purulia - II mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karcha at a glance
Karcha is a village of 1,530 people in 299 households (Census 2011) in Purulia - II block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 43rd-largest of 114 villages in Purulia - II block. Literacy is 55%, 1 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 925 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 723148, served by Hutmura post office; the LGD village code is 329985. The sarpanch is DEBEN MAHATO, and the village votes in Purulia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sudip Kumar Mukherjee. The population is estimated at 1,804 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karcha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 354.91
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 76.89
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karcha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Karcha
- LGD code
- 329985
- Pincode
- 723148
- Post office
- Hutmura
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,530
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,804
- Households
- 299
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 925
- Literacy rate
- 55.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sudip Kumar Mukherjee
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DEBEN MAHATO
- Block / Mandal
- Purulia - II
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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