Biharia
Hariharpara block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742175
· village code 315478
Population 2011
12,282
Census of India
Population 2020
13,950
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.6%
1,668 people · 1.4% a year
Households
3,210
+7.8% vs 2,977 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
12,282
Male / female
6,343 / 5,939
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
936
Children aged 0–6
1,457
Literacy rate
62.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
474 / 69
Working population
4,177
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.5%
Households
2,977
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
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
1,400
Teachers
40
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2,595
Non-farm households
615
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Net sown area
781 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
781 / 583 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Beharia panchayat, Hariharpara 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
₹47.79 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹56.94 lakh
Received directly
₹61,044
Spent
₹67.01 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹38.33 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.78 lakh · received ₹23.40 lakh · spent ₹25.95 lakh · left ₹11.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.01 lakh · received ₹33.54 lakh · spent ₹41.07 lakh · left ₹26.48 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0502, 88.3590 —
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