Sirka
Bundwan block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723129
· village code 332431
Population 2011
1,072
Census of India
Population 2020
1,385
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.2%
313 people · 2.9% a year
Households
262
+24.2% vs 211 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,072
Male / female
542 / 530
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
978
Children aged 0–6
159
Literacy rate
49.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 538
Working population
569
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.2%
Households
211
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
225
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
123
Non-farm households
127
Share of households farming, 2020
49%
Net sown area
397 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
258 / 52 / 397
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bandwan 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
₹91.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹66.51 lakh
Received directly
₹4.05 lakh
Spent
₹1.04 crore
Unspent at year end
₹58.04 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30.22 lakh · received ₹27.37 lakh · spent ₹43.54 lakh · left ₹18.11 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹61.56 lakh · received ₹39.14 lakh · spent ₹60.76 lakh · left ₹39.94 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8668, 86.5308 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purulia district ·
School
staffing across Purulia ·
…and across West Bengal