Birkendua
Farakka block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742212
· village code 313791
Population 2011
814
Census of India
Population 2020
997
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.5%
183 people · 2.3% a year
Households
250
+60.3% vs 156 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
814
Male / female
410 / 404
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
985
Children aged 0–6
165
Literacy rate
36.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
299
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
39.5%
Households
156
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
74
Non-farm households
176
Share of households farming, 2020
30%
Net sown area
329 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
329 / 329 / 38
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bewa-Ii panchayat, Farakka 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
₹22.08 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹73.65 lakh
Received directly
₹69,530
Spent
₹61.67 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.75 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.76 lakh · received ₹23.29 lakh · spent ₹22.09 lakh · left ₹11.96 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.32 lakh · received ₹50.36 lakh · spent ₹39.58 lakh · left ₹22.79 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.7928, 87.9039 —
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