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Welcome To The West Bengal Village Where English Language Is A Family Affair!
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUNITA BAURI
Contact: 96****1565
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- LGD code
- 330940
- Pincode
- 723103
- Post office
- Namopara
- Population
- 1,099
- Households
- 201
- Literacy rate
- 47.7%
- Sex ratio
- 885 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 431
Census 2011 · in context
How Buridi compares
By population, Buridi ranks #50 of 114 villages in Purulia - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.7%
−7.4% vs mandal average
- Buridi
- 47.7%
- Purulia - I mandal
- 55.1%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
885
−58 vs mandal average
- Buridi
- 885
- Purulia - I mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Buridi
- 5.5
- Purulia - I mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Buridi at a glance
Buridi is a village of 1,099 people in 201 households (Census 2011) in Purulia - I block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 50th-largest of 114 villages in Purulia - I block. Literacy is 48%, 7 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 885 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 723103, served by Namopara post office; the LGD village code is 330940. The sarpanch is SUNITA BAURI, and the village votes in Purulia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sudip Kumar Mukherjee. The population is estimated at 1,229 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dimdiha →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buridi · this village | 1,099 | 48% | — |
| Dimdiha · Purulia - I | 4,266 | 51% | — |
| Bhul · Purulia - I | 4,147 | 48% | — |
| Ghagharjuri · Purulia - I | 3,092 | 50% | — |
| Tentlo · Purulia - I | 2,082 | 43% | — |
| Kukurgarya · Purulia - I | 1,533 | 59% | — |
| Sibdi · Purulia - I | 1,214 | 58% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Buridi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 22
- Power hours (winter)
- 21
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 113.31
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 12
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Buridi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Buridi
- LGD code
- 330940
- Pincode
- 723103
- Post office
- Namopara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,099
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,229
- Households
- 201
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 885
- Literacy rate
- 47.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sudip Kumar Mukherjee
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUNITA BAURI
- Block / Mandal
- Purulia - I
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 723103
- DimdihaPurulia - I mandal4,266 pop
- GaraphusharaPurulia - I mandal4,244 pop
- BhulPurulia - I mandal4,147 pop
- Palanja (P) (New J.L.-6)Purulia - II mandal3,142 pop
- GhagharjuriPurulia - I mandal3,092 pop
- BaragramJaipur mandal2,811 pop
- RudraPurulia - I mandal2,659 pop
- ChirkaPurulia - I mandal2,398 pop
- HatuaraPurulia - II mandal2,353 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Buridi
Other villages in Purulia - I mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)