Jafar Ganj
Farakka block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742202
· village code 313809
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 12,114 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 6,812 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
12,114
Male / female
6,140 / 5,974
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
973
Children aged 0–6
2,119
Literacy rate
48.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,484 / 73
Working population
5,083
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
20.5%
Households
2,419
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Bahadurpur panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
482
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
96
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
660
Non-farm households
485
Share of households farming, 2020
58%
Net sown area
28 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
28 / 20 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bahadurpur panchayat, Farakka 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
₹33.29 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹91.36 lakh
Received directly
₹60,913
Spent
₹57.14 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹68.13 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹31.90 lakh · received ₹28.89 lakh · spent ₹20.68 lakh · left ₹40.71 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.40 lakh · received ₹62.48 lakh · spent ₹36.46 lakh · left ₹27.42 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.4685, 88.0918 —
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