Sijgram
Bharatpur-I block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742301
· village code 315818
Population 2011
5,474
Census of India
Population 2020
4,781
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-12.7%
-693 people · -1.5% a year
Households
1,363
+15.0% vs 1,185 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,474
Male / female
2,860 / 2,614
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
914
Children aged 0–6
731
Literacy rate
54.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
316 / 0
Working population
1,790
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
62.2%
Households
1,185
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
434
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
48
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
942
Non-farm households
421
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
320 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
320 / 81 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sijgram panchayat, Bharatpur-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
₹98.61 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹90.01 lakh
Received directly
₹1.94 lakh
Spent
₹1.25 crore
Unspent at year end
₹65.11 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹40.74 lakh · received ₹36.99 lakh · spent ₹52.88 lakh · left ₹26.16 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹57.87 lakh · received ₹53.02 lakh · spent ₹72.57 lakh · left ₹38.95 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.8559, 88.1233 —
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