Sitachar
Murarai-I block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731238
· village code 316064
Population 2011
1,108
Census of India
Population 2020
1,310
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.2%
202 people · 1.9% a year
Households
274
+10.9% vs 247 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,108
Male / female
580 / 528
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
910
Children aged 0–6
195
Literacy rate
40.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
454 / 2
Working population
319
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.8%
Households
247
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
76
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
120
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chatra panchayat, Murarai-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
₹62.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹79.34 lakh
Received directly
₹64,635
Spent
₹1.04 crore
Unspent at year end
₹38.71 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹31.60 lakh · received ₹32.60 lakh · spent ₹47.01 lakh · left ₹17.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.64 lakh · received ₹46.73 lakh · spent ₹56.50 lakh · left ₹20.87 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.4505, 87.8614 —
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