Jhujhka
Arsha block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723154
· village code 331217
Population 2011
2,344
Census of India
Population 2020
2,747
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.2%
403 people · 1.8% a year
Households
402
+0.8% vs 399 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,344
Male / female
1,177 / 1,167
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
992
Children aged 0–6
382
Literacy rate
52.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
295 / 116
Working population
861
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.0%
Households
399
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
260
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
37
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
308
Non-farm households
94
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
193 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
193 / 45 / 76
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Hensla panchayat, Arsha 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
₹83.84 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹68.33 lakh
Received directly
₹2.15 lakh
Spent
₹77.44 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹76.89 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.47 lakh · received ₹28.08 lakh · spent ₹36.76 lakh · left ₹15.95 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹61.36 lakh · received ₹40.25 lakh · spent ₹40.67 lakh · left ₹60.94 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3333, 86.3602 —
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