Harisara
Sainthia block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 761234
· village code 317216
Population 2011
1,187
Census of India
Population 2020
1,401
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.0%
214 people · 1.9% a year
Households
353
+10.7% vs 319 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,187
Male / female
584 / 603
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,033
Children aged 0–6
149
Literacy rate
56.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
726 / 109
Working population
505
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.5%
Households
319
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
110
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
329
Non-farm households
24
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
133 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
133 / 25 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Horisara panchayat, Sainthia 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
₹53.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹65.00 lakh
Received directly
₹61,538
Spent
₹81.00 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹38.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.33 lakh · received ₹26.71 lakh · spent ₹35.38 lakh · left ₹14.28 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.49 lakh · received ₹38.29 lakh · spent ₹45.61 lakh · left ₹24.16 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9831, 87.6822 —
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