Bajra
Barabazar block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723127
· village code 331771
Population 2011
1,180
Census of India
Population 2020
1,332
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.9%
152 people · 1.4% a year
Households
283
+11.9% vs 253 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,180
Male / female
602 / 578
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
960
Children aged 0–6
187
Literacy rate
47.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
188 / 8
Working population
595
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.6%
Households
253
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
120
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
185
Non-farm households
24
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
92 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
92 / 58 / 36
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhelatbamu 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
₹30.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹57.09 lakh
Received directly
₹21,320
Spent
₹46.18 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹41.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.24 lakh · received ₹23.46 lakh · spent ₹20.96 lakh · left ₹13.95 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.08 lakh · received ₹33.63 lakh · spent ₹25.22 lakh · left ₹27.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1582, 86.6512 —
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