Jhikadanga
Harishchandrapur-I block · Maldah
district, West Bengal · PIN 732140
· village code 312023
Population 2011
789
Census of India
Population 2020
889
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.7%
100 people · 1.3% a year
Households
162
-5.3% vs 171 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
789
Male / female
406 / 383
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
943
Children aged 0–6
99
Literacy rate
71.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
123 / 0
Working population
224
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.3%
Households
171
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
200
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
67
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhingole panchayat, Harishchandrapur-I 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
₹60.68 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹71.03 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹79.14 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹52.57 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.30 lakh · received ₹29.19 lakh · spent ₹29.71 lakh · left ₹14.78 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹45.38 lakh · received ₹41.84 lakh · spent ₹49.42 lakh · left ₹37.79 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4054, 87.9463 —
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