Marlong
Jhalda-Ii block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723213
· village code 331417
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 875 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 2,190 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
875
Male / female
449 / 426
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
949
Children aged 0–6
120
Literacy rate
50.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
18 / 258
Working population
512
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
18.6%
Households
163
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
50
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
330
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Majhidih 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
₹51.46 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹47.24 lakh
Received directly
₹2.45 lakh
Spent
₹56.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹44.24 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.78 lakh · received ₹19.45 lakh · spent ₹19.64 lakh · left ₹20.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.68 lakh · received ₹27.79 lakh · spent ₹37.27 lakh · left ₹24.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4234, 86.0065 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purulia district ·
School
staffing across Purulia ·
…and across West Bengal