Baragachhi
Purbasthali-Ii block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713513
· village code 319589
Population 2011
2,070
Census of India
Population 2020
2,327
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.4%
257 people · 1.3% a year
Households
492
+2.7% vs 479 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,070
Male / female
1,084 / 986
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
910
Children aged 0–6
239
Literacy rate
69.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,092 / 160
Working population
1,040
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.8%
Households
479
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
323
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
395
Non-farm households
97
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
142 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
142 / 86 / 56
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kalekhantala-Ii panchayat, Purbasthali-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
₹38.91 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹59.98 lakh
Received directly
₹1.32 lakh
Spent
₹59.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹40.34 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.34 lakh · received ₹24.65 lakh · spent ₹27.89 lakh · left ₹13.42 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.57 lakh · received ₹35.33 lakh · spent ₹31.99 lakh · left ₹26.91 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4461, 88.3116 —
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