Becharhat (P)
Burdwan-Ii block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713103
· village code 320114
Population 2011
2,265
Census of India
Population 2020
2,717
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.0%
452 people · 2.0% a year
Households
632
+18.8% vs 532 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,265
Male / female
1,133 / 1,132
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
999
Children aged 0–6
264
Literacy rate
61.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
855 / 164
Working population
883
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
34.2%
Households
532
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
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
150
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
120
Non-farm households
512
Share of households farming, 2020
19%
Net sown area
216 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
145 / 216 / 102
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Baikunthapur-Ii panchayat, Burdwan-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
₹37.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹59.87 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹78.96 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.47 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.42 lakh · received ₹24.61 lakh · spent ₹35.59 lakh · left ₹8.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.14 lakh · received ₹35.27 lakh · spent ₹43.38 lakh · left ₹10.03 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2252, 87.8979 —
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