Bherua
Kalna-I block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713422
· village code 320416
Population 2011
917
Census of India
Population 2020
832
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-9.3%
-85 people · -1.1% a year
Households
265
+25.6% vs 211 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
917
Male / female
460 / 457
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
993
Children aged 0–6
116
Literacy rate
64.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
169 / 261
Working population
358
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.2%
Households
211
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
250
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 60 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Begpur panchayat, Kalna-I 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
₹41.97 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹65.41 lakh
Received directly
₹63,519
Spent
₹72.78 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹35.24 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.73 lakh · received ₹26.88 lakh · spent ₹29.31 lakh · left ₹15.94 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.24 lakh · received ₹38.53 lakh · spent ₹43.46 lakh · left ₹19.31 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3024, 88.2325 —
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