Hesatu
Jhalda-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723202
· village code 331246
Population 2011
1,386
Census of India
Population 2020
1,592
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.9%
206 people · 1.6% a year
Households
333
+8.5% vs 307 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,386
Male / female
734 / 652
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
888
Children aged 0–6
227
Literacy rate
44.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
275 / 386
Working population
675
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.0%
Households
307
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
120
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
60
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
295
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
63 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 63 / 1
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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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purulia district ·
School
staffing across Purulia ·
…and across West Bengal