Bigha
Manteswar block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713145
· village code 319677
Population 2011
2,169
Census of India
Population 2020
2,380
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.7%
211 people · 1.0% a year
Households
565
+25.3% vs 451 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,169
Male / female
1,069 / 1,100
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,029
Children aged 0–6
272
Literacy rate
61.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
550 / 19
Working population
665
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.0%
Households
451
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
100
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
548
Non-farm households
17
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
269 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
250 / 269 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Putsuri panchayat, Manteswar 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
₹32.46 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹73.66 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹73.12 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.01 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.09 lakh · received ₹23.29 lakh · spent ₹29.23 lakh · left ₹10.15 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.37 lakh · received ₹50.37 lakh · spent ₹43.88 lakh · left ₹22.86 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4414, 88.1589 —
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