Dimu
Jhalda-Ii block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723202
· village code 331397
Population 2011
2,471
Census of India
Population 2020
3,084
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+24.8%
613 people · 2.5% a year
Households
648
+28.1% vs 506 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,471
Male / female
1,280 / 1,191
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
930
Children aged 0–6
457
Literacy rate
36.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
33 / 592
Working population
1,087
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
29.2%
Households
506
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
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
262
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
52
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
577
Non-farm households
71
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
365 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
365 / 25 / 17
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
23.4234, 85.9673 —
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staffing across Purulia ·
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