Purshasha
Garbeta-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721127
· village code 337001
Population 2011
970
Census of India
Population 2020
1,045
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.7%
75 people · 0.8% a year
Households
234
+8.8% vs 215 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
970
Male / female
521 / 449
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
862
Children aged 0–6
105
Literacy rate
73.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
15 / 252
Working population
385
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.3%
Households
215
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
70
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
230
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
75 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
75 / 75 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kharkusma panchayat, Garbeta-I 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
₹37.86 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹69.69 lakh
Received directly
₹2.04 lakh
Spent
₹92.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.67 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.37 lakh · received ₹28.64 lakh · spent ₹30.05 lakh · left ₹11.75 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.49 lakh · received ₹41.05 lakh · spent ₹62.86 lakh · left ₹4.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8288, 87.5029 —
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