Darpa
Jhalda-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723212
· village code 331299
Population 2011
992
Census of India
Population 2020
809
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-18.4%
-183 people · -2.2% a year
Households
242
+14.2% vs 212 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
992
Male / female
500 / 492
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
984
Children aged 0–6
152
Literacy rate
54.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
22 / 273
Working population
399
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.4%
Households
212
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
169
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
56
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
168
Non-farm households
8
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
55 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
44 / 55 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Noyadih 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
₹33.93 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹42.22 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹42.71 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.81 lakh · received ₹17.39 lakh · spent ₹21.46 lakh · left ₹10.74 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.12 lakh · received ₹24.83 lakh · spent ₹21.25 lakh · left ₹22.70 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3333, 85.8892 —
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