Belma
Purulia-Ii block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723126
· village code 329957
Population 2011
2,773
Census of India
Population 2020
3,020
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.9%
247 people · 1.0% a year
Households
560
+4.5% vs 536 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,773
Male / female
1,384 / 1,389
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,004
Children aged 0–6
372
Literacy rate
57.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
492 / 47
Working population
1,477
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
57.9%
Households
536
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
165
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
30
Non-farm households
234
Share of households farming, 2020
11%
Net sown area
13 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
13 / 3 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Belma 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
₹53.64 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹69.96 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹77.61 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹45.99 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.42 lakh · received ₹28.79 lakh · spent ₹33.03 lakh · left ₹16.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.21 lakh · received ₹41.17 lakh · spent ₹44.58 lakh · left ₹29.80 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4274, 86.4382 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purulia district ·
School
staffing across Purulia ·
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