From around 7th century AD till around the advent of British rule, for around a millennium, history of Bankura district is identical with the rise and fall of the Hindu Rajas of Bishnupur.

First, the Maharaja of Burdwan seized the Fatehpur Mahal, and then the Maratha invasions laid waste their country.

[7] According to the 2011 Census of India, Bankura I CD block had a total population of 107,685, all of which were rural.

[10] Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Bankura I CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Dhaldanga (4,058).

[8] Other villages in Bankura I CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Andharthaul (2,177), Kalapathar (1,173), Kenjakura (3,955), Achuri (3,386) and Jagadalla (2,660).

[12] See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate Primary Census Abstract Data

In the 2011 census Hindus numbered 89,511 and formed 83.12% of the population in Bankura I CD block.

[13] Others include Addi Bassi, Marang Boro, Santal, Saranath, Sari Dharma, Sarna, Alchchi, Bidin, Sant, Saevdharm, Seran, Saran, Sarin, Kheria,[14] and other religious communities.

[16] In Bankura I CD block 42.84% families were living below poverty line in 2007.

Another study shows that around 23% of the people from the under-privileged blocks in the western and southern Bankura migrate.

Most people migrate to meet their food deficit and go to Bardhaman and Hooghly districts but some go to Gujarat and Maharashtra as construction labour.

It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.

108 villages (78.83%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones).

[22] There were 42 fertiliser depots, 20 seed stores and 47 fair price shops in the CD Block.

In Bankura district, 23,389 hectares of vested land was distributed amongst 191,915 beneficiaries up to 31 October 2013.

[23] In 2013-14, persons engaged in agriculture in Bankura I CD block could be classified as follows: bargadars 6.29%, patta (document) holders 10.26%, small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 13.72%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 39.28% and agricultural labourers 30.45%.

[23] The handloom industry engages the largest number of persons in the non farm sector and hence is important in Bankura district.

The handloom industry is well established in all the CD Blocks of the district and includes the famous Baluchari saris.

The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development.

[33] National Highway 14, (old numbering NH 60), running from Morgram to Kharagpur, passes through this CD block.

[38] Anchuri Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Achuri, is the major government medical facility in the Bankura I CD block.