Jekro Alias Panchagora
Kashipur block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723129
· village code 330656
Population 2011
1,534
Census of India
Population 2020
1,900
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.9%
366 people · 2.4% a year
Households
320
+10.7% vs 289 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,534
Male / female
813 / 721
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
887
Children aged 0–6
232
Literacy rate
41.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
148 / 915
Working population
613
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.0%
Households
289
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
136
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
45
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
260
Non-farm households
60
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Net sown area
160 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
160 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gorandih panchayat, Kashipur 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
₹20.81 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹77.68 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹59.02 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.47 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.30 lakh · received ₹24.56 lakh · spent ₹23.81 lakh · left ₹13.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.50 lakh · received ₹53.12 lakh · spent ₹35.20 lakh · left ₹26.42 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4414, 86.6860 —
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