Kaira
Puncha block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723151
· village code 331033
Population 2011
2,249
Census of India
Population 2020
2,410
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.2%
161 people · 0.8% a year
Households
503
+6.1% vs 474 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,249
Male / female
1,105 / 1,144
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,035
Children aged 0–6
334
Literacy rate
51.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
84 / 1,078
Working population
1,160
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.1%
Households
474
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
89
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
122
Non-farm households
56
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
196 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
144 / 90 / 196
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Napara panchayat, Puncha 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
₹33.46 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹53.96 lakh
Received directly
₹18,785
Spent
₹59.61 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.99 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.84 lakh · received ₹22.18 lakh · spent ₹23.07 lakh · left ₹15.14 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.61 lakh · received ₹31.79 lakh · spent ₹36.54 lakh · left ₹12.85 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3096, 86.3601 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Purulia ·
…and across West Bengal