Ushahar
Illambazar block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731236
· village code 318027
Population 2011
1,095
Census of India
Population 2020
1,203
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.9%
108 people · 1.1% a year
Households
273
+4.6% vs 261 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,095
Male / female
570 / 525
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
86
Literacy rate
68.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
560 / 141
Working population
593
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.0%
Households
261
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
43
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
251
Non-farm households
22
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
287 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
287 / 181 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Illambazar panchayat, Illambazar 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
₹59.73 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.04 crore
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.23 crore
Unspent at year end
₹41.06 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.29 lakh · received ₹42.75 lakh · spent ₹51.08 lakh · left ₹18.96 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.43 lakh · received ₹61.17 lakh · spent ₹71.50 lakh · left ₹22.10 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.7838, 87.6215 —
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