Saramba
Jhalda-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723202
· village code 331362
Population 2011
871
Census of India
Population 2020
1,157
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.8%
286 people · 3.2% a year
Households
209
+26.7% vs 165 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
871
Male / female
438 / 433
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
989
Children aged 0–6
89
Literacy rate
65.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
36 / 2
Working population
424
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.2%
Households
165
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 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
63
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
27
Non-farm households
52
Share of households farming, 2020
34%
Net sown area
22 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
22 / 4 / 11
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
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
23.3372, 85.9420 —
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