Elahiganj
Murshidabad-Jiagunj block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742104
· village code 314814
Population 2011
2,616
Census of India
Population 2020
3,220
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.1%
604 people · 2.3% a year
Households
696
+18.4% vs 588 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,616
Male / female
1,319 / 1,297
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
983
Children aged 0–6
307
Literacy rate
63.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
26 / 0
Working population
876
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
63.8%
Households
588
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
205
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
595
Non-farm households
75
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 15 / 10
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dahapara panchayat, Murshidabad-Jiagunj 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
₹48.38 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹78.97 lakh
Received directly
₹1.48 lakh
Spent
₹75.62 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹53.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.37 lakh · received ₹25.00 lakh · spent ₹29.82 lakh · left ₹12.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.01 lakh · received ₹53.97 lakh · spent ₹45.80 lakh · left ₹41.18 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1622, 88.2347 —
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