Baranagar
Kaliachak-I block · Maldah
district, West Bengal · PIN 732216
· village code 313590
Population 2011
1,795
Census of India
Population 2020
2,845
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+58.5%
1,050 people · 5.3% a year
Households
476
+34.1% vs 355 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,795
Male / female
938 / 857
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
914
Children aged 0–6
344
Literacy rate
55.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
726
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
3.4%
Households
355
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
361
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
85
Non-farm households
341
Share of households farming, 2020
20%
Net sown area
24 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
24 / 24 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jalalpur panchayat, Kaliachak-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
₹32.60 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.56 crore
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.47 crore
Unspent at year end
₹42.04 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30.72 lakh · received ₹49.37 lakh · spent ₹58.94 lakh · left ₹21.16 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.88 lakh · received ₹1.07 crore · spent ₹87.69 lakh · left ₹20.88 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.8649, 88.0345 —
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