Purani Jelam
Murkongselek block · Dhemaji
district, Assam · PIN 787061
· village code 289590
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,025 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 120 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,025
Male / female
521 / 504
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
967
Children aged 0–6
170
Literacy rate
60.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2 / 627
Working population
475
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.0%
Households
175
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
20
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
No
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
25
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Telem panchayat, Murkongselek 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
₹73.61 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹26.11 lakh
Received directly
₹15.67 lakh
Spent
₹30.27 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹85.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.82 lakh · received ₹10.44 lakh · spent ₹3.96 lakh · left ₹28.29 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹51.80 lakh · received ₹15.67 lakh · spent ₹26.31 lakh · left ₹56.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.7602, 94.9858 —
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