Bhurkuna
Suri-I block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731102
· village code 317101
Population 2011
1,674
Census of India
Population 2020
1,380
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-17.6%
-294 people · -2.1% a year
Households
210
-46.0% vs 389 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,674
Male / female
850 / 824
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
969
Children aged 0–6
218
Literacy rate
52.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,098 / 246
Working population
806
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.4%
Households
389
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
45
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
160
Share of households farming, 2020
24%
Net sown area
70 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 20 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhurkuna panchayat, Suri-I 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
₹35.34 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹49.81 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹60.00 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹25.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.57 lakh · received ₹20.47 lakh · spent ₹23.07 lakh · left ₹10.96 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.78 lakh · received ₹29.34 lakh · spent ₹36.92 lakh · left ₹14.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.8378, 87.4807 —
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