Ghaghra
Jaipur block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723213
· village code 329833
Population 2011
1,993
Census of India
Population 2020
2,090
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.9%
97 people · 0.5% a year
Households
359
+3.2% vs 348 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,993
Male / female
1,040 / 953
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
916
Children aged 0–6
278
Literacy rate
55.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
861 / 4
Working population
801
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
61.4%
Households
348
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
223
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
37
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 5 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ghagra 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
₹81.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹64.77 lakh
Received directly
₹33,624
Spent
₹93.55 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹52.60 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.75 lakh · received ₹26.62 lakh · spent ₹30.85 lakh · left ₹21.86 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹55.30 lakh · received ₹38.15 lakh · spent ₹62.70 lakh · left ₹30.74 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4987, 86.1459 —
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