Jerthan
Egra-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721420
· village code 346626
Population 2011
6,568
Census of India
Population 2020
7,454
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.5%
886 people · 1.4% a year
Households
2,017
+49.7% vs 1,347 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,568
Male / female
3,374 / 3,194
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
947
Children aged 0–6
817
Literacy rate
68.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
260 / 23
Working population
2,903
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.2%
Households
1,347
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
497
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
41
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,889
Non-farm households
98
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
500 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
500 / 500 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jerthan panchayat, Egra-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
₹65.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹81.96 lakh
Received directly
₹35,983
Spent
₹99.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹48.49 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.08 lakh · received ₹33.68 lakh · spent ₹38.69 lakh · left ₹17.07 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹43.44 lakh · received ₹48.28 lakh · spent ₹60.66 lakh · left ₹31.42 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8599, 87.4944 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Medinipur East district ·
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