Pema
Harishchandrapur-I block · Maldah
district, West Bengal · PIN 732140
· village code 311993
Population 2011
2,201
Census of India
Population 2020
2,600
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.1%
399 people · 1.9% a year
Households
600
+21.7% vs 493 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,201
Male / female
1,177 / 1,024
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
870
Children aged 0–6
341
Literacy rate
28.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
359 / 0
Working population
733
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.3%
Households
493
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
300
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
400
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
33 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
33 / 33 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Barui panchayat, Harishchandrapur-I 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
₹1.31 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹98.89 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.45 crore
Unspent at year end
₹84.66 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹42.43 lakh · received ₹40.68 lakh · spent ₹45.28 lakh · left ₹37.83 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹88.43 lakh · received ₹58.21 lakh · spent ₹99.82 lakh · left ₹46.82 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4955, 87.9722 —
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