Behira
Sainthia block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731234
· village code 317226
Population 2011
472
Census of India
Population 2020
555
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.6%
83 people · 1.8% a year
Households
107
+5.9% vs 101 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
472
Male / female
235 / 237
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,009
Children aged 0–6
75
Literacy rate
47.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
132 / 129
Working population
234
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.8%
Households
101
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
7
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
26 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
26 / 5 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
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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