Lurka
Raipur-I block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 721504
· village code 329590
Population 2011
3,084
Census of India
Population 2020
3,455
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.0%
371 people · 1.3% a year
Households
627
0.0% vs 627 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,084
Male / female
1,596 / 1,488
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
932
Children aged 0–6
363
Literacy rate
65.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
345 / 0
Working population
1,241
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.9%
Households
627
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
400
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
550
Non-farm households
77
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
175 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
175 / 40 / 8
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Melera panchayat, Raipur-I 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
₹60.95 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹75.38 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹97.85 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹38.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.42 lakh · received ₹30.98 lakh · spent ₹35.81 lakh · left ₹16.59 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹39.53 lakh · received ₹44.40 lakh · spent ₹62.04 lakh · left ₹21.90 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7027, 86.9143 —
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