Panchahar
Murarai-Ii block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731221
· village code 316101
Population 2011
1,578
Census of India
Population 2020
1,961
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+24.3%
383 people · 2.4% a year
Households
378
+2.4% vs 369 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,578
Male / female
792 / 786
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
992
Children aged 0–6
219
Literacy rate
46.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
595 / 0
Working population
577
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.6%
Households
369
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
No
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
97
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
49
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
237
Non-farm households
141
Share of households farming, 2020
63%
Net sown area
89 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
89 / 48 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jajigram panchayat, Murarai-Ii 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
₹1.05 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹91.57 lakh
Received directly
₹2.03 lakh
Spent
₹1.25 crore
Unspent at year end
₹73.25 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹42.32 lakh · received ₹37.63 lakh · spent ₹54.95 lakh · left ₹27.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹62.56 lakh · received ₹53.94 lakh · spent ₹70.28 lakh · left ₹46.22 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.4803, 87.9072 —
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