Lajhna
Kashipur block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723132
· village code 330772
Population 2011
448
Census of India
Population 2020
527
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.6%
79 people · 1.8% a year
Households
82
-16.3% vs 98 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
448
Male / female
229 / 219
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
956
Children aged 0–6
46
Literacy rate
68.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
149 / 96
Working population
266
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.6%
Households
98
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
26
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
60
Non-farm households
22
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 2 / 12
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rangamati-Ranjandih 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
₹37.97 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹50.46 lakh
Received directly
₹60,772
Spent
₹54.46 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.59 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.31 lakh · received ₹20.74 lakh · spent ₹18.88 lakh · left ₹13.77 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.66 lakh · received ₹29.73 lakh · spent ₹35.58 lakh · left ₹20.81 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3874, 86.7683 —
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