Banjora
Barabazar block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723128
· village code 331819
Population 2011
1,903
Census of India
Population 2020
2,250
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.2%
347 people · 1.9% a year
Households
403
+5.2% vs 383 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,903
Male / female
969 / 934
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
964
Children aged 0–6
234
Literacy rate
50.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
118 / 59
Working population
943
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.1%
Households
383
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
135
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
45
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
130
Non-farm households
273
Share of households farming, 2020
32%
Net sown area
110 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
110 / 4 / 2
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Banjora 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
₹39.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹59.34 lakh
Received directly
₹1.77 lakh
Spent
₹57.04 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹43.11 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.47 lakh · received ₹24.39 lakh · spent ₹24.04 lakh · left ₹12.59 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.57 lakh · received ₹34.96 lakh · spent ₹33.00 lakh · left ₹30.52 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3333, 86.3602 —
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