Hamdampur

Murshidabad-Jiagunj block · Murshidabad district, West Bengal · PIN 742164 · village code 314846

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 603 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,157 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

603

Male / female

298 / 305

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,023

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

62.0%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

64 / 28

Working population

220

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

63.2%

Households

135

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 1 km away

Middle school nearest 1 km away

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 1 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

No CSC

Farming

Farm households

326

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

77%

Net sown area

65 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

65 / 55 / 10

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Prasadpur 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

₹90.90 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹1.36 crore

Received directly

₹1.42 lakh

Spent

₹1.09 crore

Unspent at year end

₹1.19 crore

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹18.10 lakh · received ₹55.79 lakh · spent ₹38.19 lakh · left ₹37.13 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹72.80 lakh · received ₹79.87 lakh · spent ₹70.93 lakh · left ₹81.73 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

24.1441, 88.3210 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Murshidabad district · School staffing across Murshidabad · …and across West Bengal