Hepad
Jhalda-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723212
· village code 331311
Population 2011
1,315
Census of India
Population 2020
1,570
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.4%
255 people · 2.0% a year
Households
285
+3.3% vs 276 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,315
Male / female
671 / 644
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
960
Children aged 0–6
189
Literacy rate
62.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
158 / 126
Working population
644
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.5%
Households
276
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
64
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
199
Non-farm households
16
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
221 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
221 / 9 / 77
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pusti 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
₹32.60 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹58.34 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹51.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.19 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.91 lakh · received ₹23.98 lakh · spent ₹18.22 lakh · left ₹20.66 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.69 lakh · received ₹34.37 lakh · spent ₹33.53 lakh · left ₹18.52 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1105, 86.0773 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purulia district ·
School
staffing across Purulia ·
…and across West Bengal