Beja
Mayureswar-Ii block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731234
· village code 316690
Population 2011
1,882
Census of India
Population 2020
2,050
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.9%
168 people · 1.0% a year
Households
585
+23.7% vs 473 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,882
Male / female
981 / 901
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
918
Children aged 0–6
297
Literacy rate
60.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
506 / 38
Working population
1,252
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
37.6%
Households
473
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
100
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
420
Non-farm households
85
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
21 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
21 / 21 / 20
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Daspalsa panchayat, Mayureswar-Ii 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
₹22.47 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹78.05 lakh
Received directly
₹42,783
Spent
₹67.12 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.82 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.91 lakh · received ₹24.68 lakh · spent ₹27.13 lakh · left ₹15.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.55 lakh · received ₹53.37 lakh · spent ₹39.99 lakh · left ₹18.28 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9820, 87.7558 —
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