Purulda
Dantan-Ii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721445
· village code 343975
Population 2011
3,586
Census of India
Population 2020
5,315
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+48.2%
1,729 people · 4.5% a year
Households
852
+7.2% vs 795 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,586
Male / female
1,864 / 1,722
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
924
Children aged 0–6
365
Literacy rate
81.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
367 / 168
Working population
1,533
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.2%
Households
795
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
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
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
200
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
213 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 213 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Porolda panchayat, Dantan-Ii 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
₹49.20 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹75.54 lakh
Received directly
₹2.76 lakh
Spent
₹87.79 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.71 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.27 lakh · received ₹31.04 lakh · spent ₹41.23 lakh · left ₹18.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.93 lakh · received ₹44.50 lakh · spent ₹46.56 lakh · left ₹20.87 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.9820, 87.4571 —
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