Shalbani
Bundwan block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723129
· village code 332351
Population 2011
489
Census of India
Population 2020
645
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+31.9%
156 people · 3.1% a year
Households
132
+24.5% vs 106 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
489
Male / female
250 / 239
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
956
Children aged 0–6
74
Literacy rate
65.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
262
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.5%
Households
106
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 nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
55
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
110
Non-farm households
21
Share of households farming, 2020
84%
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 30 / 7
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gurur panchayat, Bundwan 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
₹30.39 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹45.62 lakh
Received directly
₹23,563
Spent
₹50.72 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹25.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.43 lakh · received ₹18.79 lakh · spent ₹18.98 lakh · left ₹10.47 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.96 lakh · received ₹26.83 lakh · spent ₹31.74 lakh · left ₹15.05 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.1441, 88.1216 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Purulia ·
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