LAJUL
Ratnagiri block · Ratnagiri
district, Maharashtra · PIN 415639
· village code 565555
Population 2011
1,164
Census of India
Population 2020
1,855
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+59.4%
691 people · 5.3% a year
Households
489
+75.3% vs 279 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,164
Male / female
553 / 611
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,105
Children aged 0–6
115
Literacy rate
66.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
169 / 0
Working population
647
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.1%
Households
279
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
—
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
94
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
400
Non-farm households
89
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
158 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
158 / 71 / 88
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lajul panchayat, Ratnagiri 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
₹10.07 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.05 lakh
Received directly
₹4.90 lakh
Spent
₹10.89 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.13 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.04 lakh · received ₹4.23 lakh · spent ₹5.45 lakh · left ₹4.81 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.03 lakh · received ₹6.82 lakh · spent ₹5.44 lakh · left ₹10.32 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
17.1043, 73.3859 —
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