Brajapur
Jhalda-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723202
· village code 331242
Population 2011
1,271
Census of India
Population 2020
1,430
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.5%
159 people · 1.3% a year
Households
288
+5.5% vs 273 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,271
Male / female
696 / 575
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
826
Children aged 0–6
186
Literacy rate
61.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
297 / 37
Working population
459
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
55.3%
Households
273
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
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
100
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
210
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 3 / 2
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Hensahatu panchayat, Jhalda-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
₹23.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹43.75 lakh
Received directly
₹38,585
Spent
₹39.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.19 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.94 lakh · received ₹18.02 lakh · spent ₹13.81 lakh · left ₹12.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.88 lakh · received ₹25.73 lakh · spent ₹25.96 lakh · left ₹15.65 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4595, 85.8925 —
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