Hirakhun
Neturia block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723121
· village code 330453
Population 2011
1,062
Census of India
Population 2020
1,178
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.9%
116 people · 1.2% a year
Households
212
0.0% vs 212 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,062
Male / female
550 / 512
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
931
Children aged 0–6
176
Literacy rate
49.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
142 / 497
Working population
420
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
17.9%
Households
212
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
65
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
120
Non-farm households
86
Share of households farming, 2020
58%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 0 / 15
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhamuria panchayat, Neturia 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
₹29.17 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹40.08 lakh
Received directly
₹40,029
Spent
₹42.01 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.55 lakh · received ₹16.51 lakh · spent ₹11.19 lakh · left ₹12.28 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.62 lakh · received ₹23.57 lakh · spent ₹30.82 lakh · left ₹15.36 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6094, 86.6860 —
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