Balguma
Purulia-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723101
· village code 330957
Population 2011
2,353
Census of India
Population 2020
3,420
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+45.4%
1,067 people · 4.2% a year
Households
599
+13.2% vs 529 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,353
Male / female
1,222 / 1,131
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
926
Children aged 0–6
197
Literacy rate
85.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
203 / 158
Working population
813
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
10.8%
Households
529
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
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 nearest 2 km away
No
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
115
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
31
Non-farm households
82
Share of households farming, 2020
27%
Net sown area
37 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
31 / 32 / 37
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonaijuri 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
₹70.35 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.11 crore
Received directly
₹5.72 lakh
Spent
₹1.19 crore
Unspent at year end
₹68.03 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.28 lakh · received ₹35.14 lakh · spent ₹36.66 lakh · left ₹15.48 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹59.07 lakh · received ₹75.99 lakh · spent ₹82.50 lakh · left ₹52.56 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3333, 86.3405 —
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