Sijua
Binpur-I block · Jhargram
district, West Bengal · PIN 721121
· village code 336086
Population 2011
2,263
Census of India
Population 2020
2,290
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.2%
27 people · 0.1% a year
Households
485
+0.8% vs 481 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,263
Male / female
1,184 / 1,079
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
911
Children aged 0–6
264
Literacy rate
69.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
813 / 227
Working population
901
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.0%
Households
481
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
179
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
45
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
485
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
75 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
75 / 16 / 19
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sijua panchayat, Binpur-I 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
₹43.07 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹55.30 lakh
Received directly
₹96,064
Spent
₹67.79 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.54 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.11 lakh · received ₹22.73 lakh · spent ₹21.58 lakh · left ₹11.22 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.96 lakh · received ₹32.58 lakh · spent ₹46.22 lakh · left ₹20.32 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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