Barakhair
Bansihari block · Dinajpur Dakshin
district, West Bengal · PIN 733121
· village code 311781
Population 2011
853
Census of India
Population 2020
1,515
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+77.6%
662 people · 6.6% a year
Households
360
+81.8% vs 198 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
853
Male / female
441 / 412
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
934
Children aged 0–6
107
Literacy rate
60.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
185 / 249
Working population
342
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.2%
Households
198
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 10 km away
No
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
120
Share of households farming, 2020
63%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 80 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ellahabad panchayat, Bansihari 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
₹63.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.32 crore
Received directly
₹67,537
Spent
₹1.39 crore
Unspent at year end
₹56.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.56 lakh · received ₹41.80 lakh · spent ₹45.80 lakh · left ₹25.23 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.49 lakh · received ₹90.30 lakh · spent ₹93.06 lakh · left ₹31.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4665, 88.4689 —
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