Faridpur
Jalangi block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742303
· village code 314641
Population 2011
20,041
Census of India
Population 2020
12,476
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-37.8%
-7,565 people · -5.1% a year
Households
3,282
-35.0% vs 5,050 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
20,041
Male / female
10,334 / 9,707
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
939
Children aged 0–6
2,625
Literacy rate
58.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
595 / 103
Working population
7,150
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.2%
Households
5,050
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Faridpur panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
100
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2,298
Non-farm households
984
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
610 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
610 / 390 / 89
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Faridpur panchayat, Jalangi 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
₹82.31 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹80.67 lakh
Received directly
₹1.05 lakh
Spent
₹84.26 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹79.77 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.61 lakh · received ₹33.15 lakh · spent ₹35.41 lakh · left ₹20.40 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹60.70 lakh · received ₹47.52 lakh · spent ₹48.85 lakh · left ₹59.37 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1425, 88.6139 —
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