Bara
Nalhati-Ii block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731237
· village code 316251
Population 2011
14,450
Census of India
Population 2020
16,654
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.3%
2,204 people · 1.6% a year
Households
4,048
+24.9% vs 3,240 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
14,450
Male / female
7,307 / 7,143
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
978
Children aged 0–6
2,126
Literacy rate
58.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,770 / 279
Working population
4,798
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.8%
Households
3,240
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
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
2,150
Teachers
232
Students per teacher
9
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
3,245
Non-farm households
785
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Net sown area
1,048 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,048 / 540 / 105
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bara-I panchayat, Nalhati-Ii 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
₹57.13 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹83.91 lakh
Received directly
₹88,135
Spent
₹94.84 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹47.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.33 lakh · received ₹34.48 lakh · spent ₹38.49 lakh · left ₹19.21 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.80 lakh · received ₹49.42 lakh · spent ₹56.36 lakh · left ₹27.86 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3063, 87.9590 —
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