Purana
Mohammad Bazar block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731127
· village code 316801
Population 2011
619
Census of India
Population 2020
750
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.2%
131 people · 2.2% a year
Households
188
+46.9% vs 128 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
619
Male / female
308 / 311
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,010
Children aged 0–6
132
Literacy rate
46.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 327
Working population
316
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.3%
Households
128
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
70
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
147
Share of households farming, 2020
21%
Net sown area
8 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
8 / 3 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kapista panchayat, Mohammad Bazar 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
₹33.48 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹39.29 lakh
Received directly
₹52,343
Spent
₹52.27 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.03 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.23 lakh · received ₹16.19 lakh · spent ₹23.30 lakh · left ₹10.64 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.26 lakh · received ₹23.10 lakh · spent ₹28.98 lakh · left ₹10.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9279, 87.5220 —
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