Jhara
Kumarganj block · Dinajpur Dakshin
district, West Bengal · PIN 733140
· village code 310874
Population 2011
1,773
Census of India
Population 2020
2,290
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.2%
517 people · 2.9% a year
Households
616
+43.9% vs 428 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,773
Male / female
904 / 869
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
961
Children aged 0–6
207
Literacy rate
65.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
14 / 456
Working population
643
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.7%
Households
428
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
116
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
596
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
360 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
360 / 80 / 24
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhour panchayat, Kumarganj 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
₹75.86 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹51.44 lakh
Received directly
₹1.27 lakh
Spent
₹94.01 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.57 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.66 lakh · received ₹21.14 lakh · spent ₹35.97 lakh · left ₹9.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹53.20 lakh · received ₹30.30 lakh · spent ₹58.04 lakh · left ₹25.47 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3951, 88.7180 —
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