Jothar
Kushmandi block · Dinajpur Dakshin
district, West Bengal · PIN 733121
· village code 310523
Population 2011
1,054
Census of India
Population 2020
1,171
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.1%
117 people · 1.2% a year
Households
305
+15.1% vs 265 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,054
Male / female
546 / 508
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
930
Children aged 0–6
133
Literacy rate
64.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
59 / 0
Working population
339
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.3%
Households
265
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
290
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
29 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
29 / 29 / 15
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Maligaon panchayat, Kushmandi 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
₹51.64 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹98.19 lakh
Received directly
₹2.41 lakh
Spent
₹1.12 crore
Unspent at year end
₹40.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.60 lakh · received ₹40.39 lakh · spent ₹47.52 lakh · left ₹15.87 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.04 lakh · received ₹57.80 lakh · spent ₹64.27 lakh · left ₹24.57 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4928, 88.4884 —
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