Barbenda
Jaipur block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723201
· village code 329846
Population 2011
5,107
Census of India
Population 2020
6,515
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.6%
1,408 people · 2.7% a year
Households
1,214
+29.6% vs 937 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,107
Male / female
2,635 / 2,472
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
938
Children aged 0–6
952
Literacy rate
37.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
247 / 14
Working population
2,539
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
21.6%
Households
937
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
425
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
53
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
290
Non-farm households
78
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
70 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 70 / 32
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Joypur panchayat, Jaipur 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
₹44.59 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹78.69 lakh
Received directly
₹56,962
Spent
₹70.98 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹52.87 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.35 lakh · received ₹32.38 lakh · spent ₹25.92 lakh · left ₹19.38 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.24 lakh · received ₹46.31 lakh · spent ₹45.06 lakh · left ₹33.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4181, 86.1487 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purulia district ·
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staffing across Purulia ·
…and across West Bengal