Meherani
Bagda block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743232
· village code 322464
Population 2011
3,446
Census of India
Population 2020
4,019
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.6%
573 people · 1.7% a year
Households
1,100
+46.3% vs 752 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,446
Male / female
1,737 / 1,709
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
984
Children aged 0–6
405
Literacy rate
70.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,980 / 61
Working population
1,153
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.9%
Households
752
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
110
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
13
Non-farm households
6
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
110 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
110 / 60 / 35
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bayra panchayat, Bagda 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
₹53.14 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹93.72 lakh
Received directly
₹91,105
Spent
₹90.99 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹56.78 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.09 lakh · received ₹38.55 lakh · spent ₹34.45 lakh · left ₹26.11 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.05 lakh · received ₹55.16 lakh · spent ₹56.54 lakh · left ₹30.67 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1712, 88.9403 —
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