In the east, the flood plains of the major rivers, such as the Ajay, Bakreshwar, Mayurakshi and Brahmani, have soft alluvial soil.

Although coal is found in the district and Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station has a capacity of 2,010 MW, the economic condition of Birbhum is dominated by agriculture.

[2] In Birbhum district, 19,968 hectares of vested agricultural land has been distributed amongst 161,515 beneficiaries, till 2011.

[3] Culturally rich Birbhum, with such traditional landmarks as Jaydev Kenduli and Chandidas Nanoor, is home to Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan, having close association with two Nobel laureates – Rabindranath Tagore and Amartya Sen.[4] Purandarpur is located at 23°51′19″N 87°34′31″E / 23.8551900°N 87.5753100°E / 23.8551900; 87.5753100.

Suri II CD Block is part of the Suri-Bolpur Plain, one of the four sub-micro physiographic regions of Birbhum district.

[8] Gram panchayats of Suri II block/panchayat samiti are: Abinashpur, Bansanka, Domdoma, Kendua, Koma and Purandarpur.

[9] As per the 2011 Census of India, Suri II CD Block had a total population of 87,405, all of which were rural.

[12] Large village (with 4,000+ population) in Suri II CD Block is (2011 census figure in brackets): Purandarpur (4,566).

[10] Other villages in Suri II CD Block include (2011 census figures in brackets): Kendua (3,309), Banshanka (1,838), Abinashpur (1,846), Koma (1,269) and Damdam (2,448).

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

In the 2011 census, Hindus numbered 59,173 and formed 67.70% of the population in Suri II CD Block.

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

[19] There are 85 inhabited villages in Suri II CD Block, as per District Census Handbook, Birbhum, 2011.

85 villages (100%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones).

Other crops grown in Birbhum are gram, masuri, peas, wheat, linseed, khesari, til, sugarcane and occasionally cotton.

Other rivers such as Ajoy, Brahmani, Kuskurni, Dwaraka, Hingla and Kopai are also helpful for irrigation in the district.

[22][23] In 2013–14, there were 17 fertiliser depots, 5 seed stores and 23 fair price shops in Suri II CD block.

Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station is the only large-scale industry in the district and employs about 5,000 people.

According to the District Human Development Report, "more people are now engaged in non-agricultural activities, such as fishing, retail sales, vegetable vending, selling milk, and so on.

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