Barai
Raiganj block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733201
· village code 309661
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,242 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 5,123 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,242
Male / female
651 / 591
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
908
Children aged 0–6
234
Literacy rate
45.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
195 / 0
Working population
399
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
52.6%
Households
254
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
320
Teachers
11
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
314
Net sown area
74 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
74 / 20 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sitgram panchayat, Raiganj 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
₹1.01 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.08 crore
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.21 crore
Unspent at year end
₹88.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹41.38 lakh · received ₹44.49 lakh · spent ₹62.95 lakh · left ₹22.92 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹59.50 lakh · received ₹63.67 lakh · spent ₹57.94 lakh · left ₹65.23 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5918, 88.1183 —
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