Purushottampur
Bolpur-Sriniketan block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731204
· village code 317827
Population 2011
1,267
Census of India
Population 2020
1,457
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.0%
190 people · 1.6% a year
Households
343
+12.8% vs 304 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,267
Male / female
671 / 596
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
888
Children aged 0–6
135
Literacy rate
65.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
814 / 75
Working population
456
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.1%
Households
304
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
81
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
332
Non-farm households
11
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 70 / 11
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Raipur-Supur 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
₹50.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹84.25 lakh
Received directly
₹96,296
Spent
₹89.76 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹46.17 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.97 lakh · received ₹34.62 lakh · spent ₹21.28 lakh · left ₹19.27 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹45.75 lakh · received ₹49.62 lakh · spent ₹68.48 lakh · left ₹26.90 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6362, 87.6623 —
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