Bhagaband
Barabazar block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723153
· village code 331760
Population 2011
1,946
Census of India
Population 2020
2,180
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.0%
234 people · 1.3% a year
Households
412
+5.9% vs 389 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,946
Male / female
1,021 / 925
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
906
Children aged 0–6
298
Literacy rate
49.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
673 / 82
Working population
839
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.3%
Households
389
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
155
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
39
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
170
Non-farm households
150
Share of households farming, 2020
53%
Net sown area
270 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
270 / 70 / 40
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhagabandh panchayat, Barabazar 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
₹85.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹88.52 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.03 crore
Unspent at year end
₹71.27 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹24.53 lakh · received ₹36.38 lakh · spent ₹32.56 lakh · left ₹28.36 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹61.35 lakh · received ₹52.14 lakh · spent ₹70.57 lakh · left ₹42.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1532, 86.3416 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Purulia ·
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