Sijua
Chandipur block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721633
· village code 345586
Population 2011
219
Census of India
Population 2020
242
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.5%
23 people · 1.1% a year
Households
86
+83.0% vs 47 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
219
Male / female
117 / 102
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
872
Children aged 0–6
27
Literacy rate
75.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
69
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.1%
Households
47
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
75
Non-farm households
7
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 2 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chaukhali panchayat, Chandipur 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
₹77.57 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹73.98 lakh
Received directly
₹25,766
Spent
₹1.13 crore
Unspent at year end
₹38.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.22 lakh · received ₹30.40 lakh · spent ₹45.59 lakh · left ₹12.29 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹50.36 lakh · received ₹43.58 lakh · spent ₹67.84 lakh · left ₹26.10 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.1261, 87.8186 —
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