Saota
Nanoor block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731301
· village code 317683
Population 2011
3,704
Census of India
Population 2020
4,037
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.0%
333 people · 1.0% a year
Households
770
0.0% vs 770 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,704
Male / female
1,915 / 1,789
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
934
Children aged 0–6
453
Literacy rate
57.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
922 / 0
Working population
1,260
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.0%
Households
770
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
115
Teachers
11
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
540
Non-farm households
230
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
12 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 12 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Barasaota panchayat, Nanoor 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
₹44.77 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹81.42 lakh
Received directly
₹61,789
Spent
₹82.71 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹44.09 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.55 lakh · received ₹33.46 lakh · spent ₹25.52 lakh · left ₹20.11 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.22 lakh · received ₹47.96 lakh · spent ₹57.20 lakh · left ₹23.98 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6937, 87.7971 —
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