Birshapur
Debra block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721124
· village code 342489
Population 2011
355
Census of India
Population 2020
390
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.9%
35 people · 1.1% a year
Households
71
-20.2% vs 89 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
355
Male / female
185 / 170
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
919
Children aged 0–6
33
Literacy rate
83.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 25
Working population
174
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
59.2%
Households
89
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
71
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
74 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
74 / 74 / 74
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Duan-I panchayat, Debra 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
₹37.45 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹51.09 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹65.49 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.05 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.01 lakh · received ₹21.00 lakh · spent ₹23.27 lakh · left ₹8.73 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.44 lakh · received ₹30.10 lakh · spent ₹42.22 lakh · left ₹14.31 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3423, 87.5840 —
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