Ekanja
Raghunath Pur-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723133
· village code 330284
Population 2011
1,379
Census of India
Population 2020
2,267
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+64.4%
888 people · 5.7% a year
Households
499
+98.8% vs 251 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,379
Male / female
723 / 656
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
907
Children aged 0–6
177
Literacy rate
59.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
649 / 173
Working population
417
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
41.3%
Households
251
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
301
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
60
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
5
Non-farm households
224
Share of households farming, 2020
2%
Net sown area
7 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
7 / 2 / 1
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Babugram panchayat, Raghunath Pur-I 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
₹39.65 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹45.57 lakh
Received directly
₹1.91 lakh
Spent
₹53.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.97 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.24 lakh · received ₹18.77 lakh · spent ₹19.62 lakh · left ₹14.29 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.41 lakh · received ₹26.80 lakh · spent ₹33.53 lakh · left ₹19.68 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4955, 86.6036 —
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