Baishnabnagar

Kaliachak-Iii block · Maldah district, West Bengal · PIN 732127 · village code 313716

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 15,695 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 49,872 — 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

15,695

Male / female

8,875 / 6,820

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

768

Children aged 0–6

2,424

Literacy rate

54.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

2,235 / 3,545

Working population

7,803

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

20.8%

Households

2,995

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Beernagar-I panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road nearest 1 km away

Public transport

Van

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

600

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

125

Non-farm households

250

Share of households farming, 2020

33%

Net sown area

2 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

2 / 2 / 2

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Beernagar-I panchayat, Kaliachak-Iii 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

₹98.74 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹1.04 crore

Received directly

—

Spent

₹1.02 crore

Unspent at year end

₹1.00 crore

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹32.92 lakh · received ₹42.67 lakh · spent ₹40.02 lakh · left ₹35.56 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹65.83 lakh · received ₹61.06 lakh · spent ₹62.03 lakh · left ₹64.85 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

24.8288, 87.9493 — view on OpenStreetMap

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