Jara
Chandrakona-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721232
· village code 337416
Population 2011
6,569
Census of India
Population 2020
12,125
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+84.6%
5,556 people · 7.0% a year
Households
2,450
+58.1% vs 1,550 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,569
Male / female
3,351 / 3,218
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
960
Children aged 0–6
631
Literacy rate
75.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,434 / 430
Working population
2,829
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.1%
Households
1,550
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
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
455
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,500
Non-farm households
950
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
500 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
500 / 500 / 250
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jara panchayat, Chandrakona-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
₹30.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹56.19 lakh
Received directly
₹46,905
Spent
₹68.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.56 lakh · received ₹23.09 lakh · spent ₹28.73 lakh · left ₹7.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.64 lakh · received ₹33.10 lakh · spent ₹39.60 lakh · left ₹11.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7205, 87.6818 —
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