Maru
Jhalda-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723202
· village code 331287
Population 2011
1,658
Census of India
Population 2020
1,689
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.9%
31 people · 0.2% a year
Households
340
+3.0% vs 330 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,658
Male / female
836 / 822
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
983
Children aged 0–6
260
Literacy rate
44.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
302 / 23
Working population
537
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.9%
Households
330
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
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
87
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
44
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
301
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
3 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 3 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Marumosina 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
₹15.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹53.88 lakh
Received directly
₹36,950
Spent
₹16.01 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹53.90 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.61 lakh · received ₹17.07 lakh · spent ₹6.95 lakh · left ₹19.09 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.06 lakh · received ₹36.81 lakh · spent ₹9.06 lakh · left ₹34.81 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3555, 86.0595 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Purulia district ·
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staffing across Purulia ·
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