Jaleshwar
Gaighata block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 443249
· village code 322693
Population 2011
5,602
Census of India
Population 2020
6,230
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.2%
628 people · 1.2% a year
Households
1,463
+7.3% vs 1,363 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,602
Male / female
2,852 / 2,750
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
964
Children aged 0–6
516
Literacy rate
67.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,522 / 653
Working population
2,116
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
64.9%
Households
1,363
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
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
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
2
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
0
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
139 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
139 / 139 / 36
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jaleswar-I panchayat, Gaighata 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
₹35.71 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹57.11 lakh
Received directly
₹40,072
Spent
₹50.23 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹42.99 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.73 lakh · received ₹23.47 lakh · spent ₹18.15 lakh · left ₹15.45 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.98 lakh · received ₹33.64 lakh · spent ₹32.08 lakh · left ₹27.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.9369, 88.7270 —
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