Jhikarhati
Burwan block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742168
· village code 315835
Population 2011
8,163
Census of India
Population 2020
8,358
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.4%
195 people · 0.3% a year
Households
1,971
+2.0% vs 1,933 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8,163
Male / female
4,224 / 3,939
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
933
Children aged 0–6
1,200
Literacy rate
59.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,247 / 100
Working population
2,579
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.4%
Households
1,933
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
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
616
Teachers
20
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,668
Non-farm households
303
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
778 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
778 / 172 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kalyanpur-Ii panchayat, Burwan 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
₹76.15 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹53.73 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹83.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹46.74 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.98 lakh · received ₹22.08 lakh · spent ₹35.86 lakh · left ₹13.20 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹49.17 lakh · received ₹31.65 lakh · spent ₹47.29 lakh · left ₹33.53 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9820, 88.1108 —
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