Chirka
Purulia-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723103
· village code 330923
Population 2011
2,398
Census of India
Population 2020
2,619
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.2%
221 people · 1.0% a year
Households
456
0.0% vs 456 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,398
Male / female
1,241 / 1,157
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
932
Children aged 0–6
359
Literacy rate
55.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
205 / 59
Working population
1,107
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.5%
Households
456
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
160
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
53
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
456
Net sown area
224 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
224 / 2 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Garafusra panchayat, Purulia-I 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
₹46.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹96.37 lakh
Received directly
₹3.75 lakh
Spent
₹84.11 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹62.57 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.77 lakh · received ₹30.47 lakh · spent ₹25.23 lakh · left ₹31.76 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.78 lakh · received ₹65.90 lakh · spent ₹58.88 lakh · left ₹30.81 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4054, 86.2304 —
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