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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JHARNA KAPURY
Contact: 96****0476
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- LGD code
- 316030
- Pincode
- 731219
- Post office
- Murarai
- Population
- 632
- Households
- 138
- Literacy rate
- 34.8%
- Sex ratio
- 875 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 206
Census 2011 · in context
How Jhikarhati compares
By population, Jhikarhati ranks #65 of 80 villages in Murarai - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
34.8%
−11.8% vs mandal average
- Jhikarhati
- 34.8%
- Murarai - I mandal
- 46.6%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
875
−81 vs mandal average
- Jhikarhati
- 875
- Murarai - I mandal
- 956
Household size
people per home
4.6
Same as the mandal average
- Jhikarhati
- 4.6
- Murarai - I mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jhikarhati at a glance
Jhikarhati is a village of 632 people in 138 households (Census 2011) in Murarai - I block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 65th-largest of 80 villages in Murarai - I block. Literacy is 35%, 12 points below the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 875 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 731219, served by Murarai post office; the LGD village code is 316030. The sarpanch is JHARNA KAPURY, and the village votes in Murarai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Mosarraf Hossain. The population is estimated at 745 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Palsa →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jhikarhati · this village | 632 | 35% | — |
| Palsa · Murarai - I | 5,417 | 49% | — |
| Kahinagar (P) · Murarai - I | 3,172 | 54% | — |
| Paschim Simlapara · Murarai - I | 2,635 | 50% | — |
| Ruprampur · Murarai - I | 2,488 | 53% | — |
| Raghunathpur · Murarai - I | 2,052 | 50% | — |
| Dulandi · Murarai - I | 1,722 | 43% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jhikarhati
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 178.56
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 79.75
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jhikarhati
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jhikarhati
- LGD code
- 316030
- Pincode
- 731219
- Post office
- Murarai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 632
- Population (projected 2026)
- 745
- Households
- 138
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 875
- Literacy rate
- 34.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Birbhum
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Murarai
- Member of Parliament
- Satabdi Roy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Mosarraf Hossain
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JHARNA KAPURY
- Block / Mandal
- Murarai - I
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 731219
- DhitoraMurarai - I mandal9,081 pop
- DumurgramMurarai - I mandal8,335 pop
- BhadiswarMurarai - I mandal7,723 pop
- PalsaMurarai - I mandal5,417 pop
- RamchandrapurMurarai - I mandal5,226 pop
- BahadurpurMurarai - I mandal3,684 pop
- KhanpurMurarai - I mandal3,340 pop
- DhananjaypurMurarai - I mandal3,324 pop
- Kahinagar (P)Murarai - I mandal3,172 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Jhikarhati
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Jhikarhati
Other villages in Murarai - I mandal
View all 60+ →- Dhitora
- Rajgram
- Dumurgram
- Gorsa
- Bhadiswar
- Palsa
- Mahurapur
- Ramchandrapur
- Santoshpur
- Birnagar
- Banarampur
- Bahadurpur
- Uttar Kasila
- Khanpur
- Dhananjaypur
- Kahinagar (P)
- Duria
- Kamdebnala
- Ratanpur
- Chatra
- Makoa
- Paschim Simlapara
- Kanakpur
- Ruprampur
- Batia
- Gopalpur
- Na-Ani Gangadda
- Kalitara
- Raghunathpur
- Paniara
- Dalima
- Sohara
- Mahimuji
- Sumarpur
- Dulandi
- Tapna
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)