Paira
Hirbandh block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722121
· village code 329148
Population 2011
1,516
Census of India
Population 2020
2,004
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.2%
488 people · 3.1% a year
Households
307
+2.3% vs 300 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,516
Male / female
772 / 744
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
964
Children aged 0–6
199
Literacy rate
51.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
758 / 100
Working population
671
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
63.2%
Households
300
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
92
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
45
Net sown area
126 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
126 / 11 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Moshiara panchayat, Hirbandh 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
₹43.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹55.84 lakh
Received directly
₹69,064
Spent
₹71.58 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.15 lakh · received ₹22.95 lakh · spent ₹20.25 lakh · left ₹11.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.59 lakh · received ₹32.89 lakh · spent ₹51.33 lakh · left ₹17.15 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0450, 86.7812 —
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