Pursura
Pursurah block · Hooghly
district, West Bengal · PIN 712401
· village code 324412
Population 2011
7,225
Census of India
Population 2020
7,340
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.6%
115 people · 0.2% a year
Households
1,765
+1.8% vs 1,734 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,225
Male / female
3,681 / 3,544
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
963
Children aged 0–6
767
Literacy rate
73.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,412 / 82
Working population
2,664
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
50.8%
Households
1,734
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
345
Teachers
24
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,423
Non-farm households
67
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
76 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
76 / 66 / 8
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pursurah-I panchayat, Pursurah 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
₹42.03 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹53.27 lakh
Received directly
₹61,086
Spent
₹64.70 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.79 lakh · received ₹21.89 lakh · spent ₹27.35 lakh · left ₹10.94 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.24 lakh · received ₹31.38 lakh · spent ₹37.35 lakh · left ₹20.27 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8392, 87.9666 —
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How this village compares
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