Birgiri
Purulia-Ii block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723103
· village code 329904
Population 2011
1,208
Census of India
Population 2020
1,252
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.6%
44 people · 0.4% a year
Households
237
+7.7% vs 220 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,208
Male / female
624 / 584
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
936
Children aged 0–6
175
Literacy rate
55.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
394 / 47
Working population
482
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
24.9%
Households
220
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
290
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
97
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
37
Non-farm households
138
Share of households farming, 2020
21%
Net sown area
62 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
62 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Raghabpur panchayat, Purulia-Ii 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
₹70.38 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹80.13 lakh
Received directly
₹1.46 lakh
Spent
₹67.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹84.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.24 lakh · received ₹32.93 lakh · spent ₹24.21 lakh · left ₹26.35 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹53.14 lakh · received ₹47.20 lakh · spent ₹43.56 lakh · left ₹57.85 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3694, 86.4032 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Purulia district ·
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staffing across Purulia ·
…and across West Bengal