Dakshin Jharia
Daspur-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721232
· village code 337794
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 22 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 862 — 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
22
Male / female
12 / 10
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
833
Children aged 0–6
5
Literacy rate
59.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
22 / 0
Working population
9
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
100.0%
Households
3
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 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 nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
170
Non-farm households
17
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 50 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Niznarajol panchayat, Daspur-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
₹57.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.00 crore
Received directly
₹40,168
Spent
₹1.23 crore
Unspent at year end
₹34.84 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.47 lakh · received ₹41.18 lakh · spent ₹48.71 lakh · left ₹3.34 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹47.35 lakh · received ₹58.93 lakh · spent ₹74.77 lakh · left ₹31.50 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5586, 87.6231 —
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Nearby villages
Dakshin Dhankhal
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compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
…and across West Bengal