Joka
Udaynarayanpur block · Howrah
district, West Bengal · PIN 711226
· village code 332516
Population 2011
2,509
Census of India
Population 2020
2,636
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.1%
127 people · 0.6% a year
Households
561
+0.9% vs 556 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,509
Male / female
1,293 / 1,216
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
940
Children aged 0–6
232
Literacy rate
74.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
145 / 0
Working population
1,086
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
33.9%
Households
556
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
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 2 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
98
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
287
Non-farm households
274
Share of households farming, 2020
51%
Net sown area
36 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
36 / 29 / 36
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Singti panchayat, Udaynarayanpur 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
₹34.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹56.41 lakh
Received directly
₹49,357
Spent
₹58.63 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.31 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.85 lakh · received ₹23.18 lakh · spent ₹24.04 lakh · left ₹12.48 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.19 lakh · received ₹33.23 lakh · spent ₹34.59 lakh · left ₹19.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6847, 87.9770 —
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