Baikata
Purulia-Ii block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723126
· village code 329927
Population 2011
2,124
Census of India
Population 2020
3,608
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+69.9%
1,484 people · 6.1% a year
Households
860
+117.2% vs 396 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,124
Male / female
1,073 / 1,051
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
979
Children aged 0–6
302
Literacy rate
57.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
992 / 0
Working population
942
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
30.6%
Households
396
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
287
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
48
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
520
Non-farm households
150
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
83 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
83 / 1 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Golamara 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
₹54.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹63.18 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹67.82 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹49.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.28 lakh · received ₹25.97 lakh · spent ₹24.18 lakh · left ₹16.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹39.93 lakh · received ₹37.22 lakh · spent ₹43.64 lakh · left ₹33.51 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4414, 86.3521 —
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population changes in Purulia district ·
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staffing across Purulia ·
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