Birkicha
Bolpur-Sriniketan block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731204
· village code 317801
Population 2011
872
Census of India
Population 2020
785
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-10.0%
-87 people · -1.2% a year
Households
240
+11.6% vs 215 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
872
Male / female
439 / 433
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
986
Children aged 0–6
95
Literacy rate
66.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
527 / 0
Working population
439
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.9%
Households
215
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
80
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
188
Non-farm households
52
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
24 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
24 / 20 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sarpalehana-Albandha panchayat, Bolpur-Sriniketan 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
₹23.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹46.62 lakh
Received directly
₹20,219
Spent
₹42.96 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.27 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.72 lakh · received ₹19.20 lakh · spent ₹15.79 lakh · left ₹9.34 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.68 lakh · received ₹27.42 lakh · spent ₹27.17 lakh · left ₹17.93 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6667, 88.3950 —
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