Shirshita
Suri-Ii block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731121
· village code 317199
Population 2011
1,804
Census of India
Population 2020
1,518
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-15.8%
-286 people · -1.9% a year
Households
450
+9.2% vs 412 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,804
Male / female
939 / 865
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
254
Literacy rate
63.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
495 / 18
Working population
722
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.3%
Households
412
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
5
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
400
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 100 / 10
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Banshanka panchayat, Suri-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
₹39.38 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹54.50 lakh
Received directly
₹27,286
Spent
₹62.56 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.60 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.12 lakh · received ₹22.40 lakh · spent ₹16.82 lakh · left ₹13.97 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.26 lakh · received ₹32.11 lakh · spent ₹45.74 lakh · left ₹17.63 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.7838, 87.6018 —
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