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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
CM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHAINA MALIK
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- LGD code
- 324677
- Pincode
- 712152
- Post office
- Rameswarpur
- Population
- 532
- Households
- 128
- Literacy rate
- 56.2%
- Sex ratio
- 985 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 269
Census 2011 · in context
How Jhuma compares
By population, Jhuma ranks #180 of 214 villages in Dhaniakhali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.2%
−12.1% vs mandal average
- Jhuma
- 56.2%
- Dhaniakhali mandal
- 68.3%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
985
−9 vs mandal average
- Jhuma
- 985
- Dhaniakhali mandal
- 994
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Jhuma
- 4.2
- Dhaniakhali mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jhuma at a glance
Jhuma is a village of 532 people in 128 households (Census 2011) in Dhaniakhali block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 180th-largest of 214 villages in Dhaniakhali block. Literacy is 56%, 12 points below the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 985 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 712152, served by Rameswarpur post office; the LGD village code is 324677. The sarpanch is CHAINA MALIK, and the village votes in Dhanekhali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Asima Patra. The population is estimated at 595 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jhuma · this village | 532 | 56% | — |
| Khajurdaha · Dhaniakhali | 2,600 | 61% | — |
| Melki Kutubpur · Dhaniakhali | 2,008 | 62% | — |
| Kanajuli · Dhaniakhali | 1,508 | 63% | — |
| Durgapur · Dhaniakhali | 1,441 | 65% | — |
| Gopalpur · Dhaniakhali | 1,432 | 70% | — |
| Majinan · Dhaniakhali | 1,173 | 65% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jhuma
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 49.1
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 21.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jhuma
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jhuma
- LGD code
- 324677
- Pincode
- 712152
- Post office
- Rameswarpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 532
- Population (projected 2026)
- 595
- Households
- 128
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 985
- Literacy rate
- 56.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hooghly
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhanekhali
- Member of Parliament
- Rachana Banerjee
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Asima Patra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHAINA MALIK
- Block / Mandal
- Dhaniakhali
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 712152
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Jhuma
Other villages in Dhaniakhali mandal
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- Mandara
- Bhandarhati
- Gopinagar
- Bhastara
- Cheragram
- Shrirampur
- Samaspur
- Paschim Gopinathpur
- Dhaniakhali
- Mreja Nagar
- Rajipur
- Palasi
- Bishnupur
- Chautara
- Gangeshnagar
- Kumrul
- Rameswarbati
- Dashghara
- Paschim Narayanpur
- Konan
- Belmuri
- Chopa
- Parambua
- Rudrani
- Barul
- Khanpur
- Habibpur
- Dhamaitikar
- Khajurdaha
- Gete Gari
- Purba Kalikapur
- Dighir
- Ghoshla
- Baidyapur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)