Barajharu
Naxal Bari block · Darjeeling
district, West Bengal · PIN 734429
· village code 306611
Population 2011
1,465
Census of India
Population 2020
1,461
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-0.3%
-4 people · -0.0% a year
Households
344
+7.2% vs 321 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,465
Male / female
748 / 717
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
959
Children aged 0–6
159
Literacy rate
52.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
682 / 201
Working population
522
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
37.0%
Households
321
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
154
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1
Non-farm households
1
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
42 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
42 / 41 / 42
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Hatighisa panchayat, Naxal Bari 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
₹57.29 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹75.11 lakh
Received directly
₹81,348
Spent
₹87.40 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹45.82 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.92 lakh · received ₹30.87 lakh · spent ₹37.95 lakh · left ₹15.65 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.38 lakh · received ₹44.24 lakh · spent ₹49.45 lakh · left ₹30.17 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.6847, 88.2458 —
view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Bara Paikpara Arazi
compare · Bara Pathuram
compare · Barabhita
compare · Baraigachh
compare · Baramala
compare · Barsadbhita
compare · Bataliguri
compare · Batlabari
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Darjeeling district ·
School
staffing across Darjeeling ·
…and across West Bengal