Briddhitanr Alias Bandih
Arsha block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723201
· village code 331189
Population 2011
535
Census of India
Population 2020
939
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+75.5%
404 people · 6.5% a year
Households
150
+70.5% vs 88 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
535
Male / female
262 / 273
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,042
Children aged 0–6
103
Literacy rate
42.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
297
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.9%
Households
88
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
161
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
54
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
14%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 20 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mankiary panchayat, Arsha 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
₹21.51 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹80.47 lakh
Received directly
₹1.54 lakh
Spent
₹73.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.22 lakh · received ₹25.44 lakh · spent ₹24.63 lakh · left ₹14.58 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.29 lakh · received ₹55.03 lakh · spent ₹48.97 lakh · left ₹15.34 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3359, 86.1328 —
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