Chaupad
Jhalda-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723212
· village code 331281
Population 2011
861
Census of India
Population 2020
1,759
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+104.3%
898 people · 8.3% a year
Households
229
+30.9% vs 175 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
861
Male / female
470 / 391
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
832
Children aged 0–6
100
Literacy rate
65.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
83 / 21
Working population
373
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.4%
Households
175
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
49
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
201
Non-farm households
28
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
157 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
157 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Tulin 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
₹40.41 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹47.53 lakh
Received directly
₹58,388
Spent
₹50.70 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹37.82 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.95 lakh · received ₹19.57 lakh · spent ₹14.97 lakh · left ₹12.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.47 lakh · received ₹27.95 lakh · spent ₹35.73 lakh · left ₹25.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3874, 85.9046 —
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