Damru
Jaipur block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723213
· village code 329791
Population 2011
2,648
Census of India
Population 2020
3,260
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.1%
612 people · 2.3% a year
Households
579
+17.9% vs 491 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,648
Male / female
1,376 / 1,272
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
924
Children aged 0–6
441
Literacy rate
40.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
597 / 216
Working population
840
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.2%
Households
491
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
120
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
470
Non-farm households
108
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Net sown area
52 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
52 / 30 / 5
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sidhi-Jamra panchayat, Jaipur 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
₹51.10 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹74.84 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹63.23 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹62.71 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.78 lakh · received ₹30.75 lakh · spent ₹22.89 lakh · left ₹16.64 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹42.32 lakh · received ₹44.08 lakh · spent ₹40.34 lakh · left ₹46.06 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.5495, 86.0888 —
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