Bishpuria
Puncha block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723151
· village code 331101
Population 2011
1,424
Census of India
Population 2020
1,881
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.1%
457 people · 3.1% a year
Households
341
+14.8% vs 297 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,424
Male / female
737 / 687
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
932
Children aged 0–6
161
Literacy rate
63.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
498 / 702
Working population
1,119
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.5%
Households
297
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
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
220
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
37
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
334
Non-farm households
7
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
285 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
285 / 5 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lakhra 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
₹16.97 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹45.94 lakh
Received directly
₹14,088
Spent
₹43.81 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹19.24 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.16 lakh · received ₹18.92 lakh · spent ₹13.54 lakh · left ₹8.68 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.81 lakh · received ₹27.02 lakh · spent ₹30.26 lakh · left ₹10.57 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1627, 86.6899 —
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staffing across Purulia ·
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