Jhanjhra
Bhagawanpur-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721633
· village code 345450
Population 2011
500
Census of India
Population 2020
532
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.4%
32 people · 0.7% a year
Households
131
+6.5% vs 123 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
500
Male / female
265 / 235
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
887
Children aged 0–6
58
Literacy rate
83.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
306
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.4%
Households
123
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
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
115
Non-farm households
16
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
32 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
32 / 5 / 4
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gurgram panchayat, Bhagawanpur-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
₹43.96 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹98.84 lakh
Received directly
₹68,886
Spent
₹96.32 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹47.17 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.92 lakh · received ₹40.66 lakh · spent ₹23.86 lakh · left ₹20.40 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹41.04 lakh · received ₹58.18 lakh · spent ₹72.46 lakh · left ₹26.77 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.0721, 87.7266 —
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