Jhunka
Beldanga-I block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742134
· village code 315601
Population 2011
8,783
Census of India
Population 2020
9,661
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.0%
878 people · 1.1% a year
Households
1,946
+1.7% vs 1,914 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8,783
Male / female
4,580 / 4,203
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
918
Children aged 0–6
1,481
Literacy rate
57.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
170 / 0
Working population
2,930
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
48.3%
Households
1,914
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
2
Teachers
20
Students per teacher
0
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
940
Non-farm households
924
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
6 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 6 / 4
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhabta-Ii panchayat, Beldanga-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
₹33.83 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹53.72 lakh
Received directly
₹52,841
Spent
₹54.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.14 lakh · received ₹22.08 lakh · spent ₹24.09 lakh · left ₹10.66 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.69 lakh · received ₹31.64 lakh · spent ₹30.60 lakh · left ₹22.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9660, 88.2509 —
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