Sarjamhatu
Jhalda-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723202
· village code 331285
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,624 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 678 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,624
Male / female
844 / 780
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
924
Children aged 0–6
253
Literacy rate
59.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
112 / 8
Working population
829
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.7%
Households
323
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
78
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
39
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
54
Non-farm households
31
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
72 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
72 / 27 / 48
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ichag 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
₹56.21 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹57.45 lakh
Received directly
₹1.23 lakh
Spent
₹58.44 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹56.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.97 lakh · received ₹23.61 lakh · spent ₹27.29 lakh · left ₹14.51 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹39.24 lakh · received ₹33.84 lakh · spent ₹31.15 lakh · left ₹41.93 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3499, 85.9481 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purulia district ·
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staffing across Purulia ·
…and across West Bengal