Rigid
Jhalda-Ii block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723202
· village code 331396
Population 2011
2,312
Census of India
Population 2020
2,962
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+28.1%
650 people · 2.8% a year
Households
617
+29.6% vs 476 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,312
Male / female
1,201 / 1,111
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
925
Children aged 0–6
390
Literacy rate
44.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
297 / 869
Working population
1,283
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
52.1%
Households
476
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
112
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
56
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
609
Non-farm households
8
Share of households farming, 2020
99%
Net sown area
162 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
162 / 153 / 3
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rigid panchayat, Jhalda-Ii 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
₹45.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹47.57 lakh
Received directly
₹20,254
Spent
₹52.84 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹40.37 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.13 lakh · received ₹19.59 lakh · spent ₹21.15 lakh · left ₹9.78 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.31 lakh · received ₹27.98 lakh · spent ₹31.69 lakh · left ₹30.60 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3874, 85.9831 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purulia district ·
School
staffing across Purulia ·
…and across West Bengal