Penrra
Purulia-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723102
· village code 331004
Population 2011
1,242
Census of India
Population 2020
1,298
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.5%
56 people · 0.5% a year
Households
260
+6.6% vs 244 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,242
Male / female
584 / 658
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,127
Children aged 0–6
201
Literacy rate
47.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
155 / 2
Working population
673
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.2%
Households
244
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
62
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
256
Non-farm households
4
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
85 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
85 / 31 / 20
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhandarpuara-Chipida 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
₹71.47 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹82.38 lakh
Received directly
₹59,923
Spent
₹97.21 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹57.23 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.77 lakh · received ₹26.08 lakh · spent ₹23.81 lakh · left ₹16.64 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹57.70 lakh · received ₹56.30 lakh · spent ₹73.41 lakh · left ₹40.59 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0932, 86.2154 —
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