Ajodhya
Bagmundi block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723152
· village code 331617
Population 2011
1,648
Census of India
Population 2020
2,140
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.9%
492 people · 2.9% a year
Households
405
+23.9% vs 327 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,648
Male / female
890 / 758
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
852
Children aged 0–6
296
Literacy rate
41.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
179 / 1,237
Working population
772
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
20.5%
Households
327
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
115
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
240
Non-farm households
165
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
163 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
163 / 60 / 40
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ajodhya panchayat, Bagmundi 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
₹40.64 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹64.40 lakh
Received directly
₹45,163
Spent
₹68.14 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹37.35 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.64 lakh · received ₹26.47 lakh · spent ₹21.58 lakh · left ₹14.98 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.00 lakh · received ₹37.93 lakh · spent ₹46.56 lakh · left ₹22.37 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2072, 86.0824 —
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