Bagchara
Gaighata block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743245
· village code 322719
Population 2011
5,745
Census of India
Population 2020
5,253
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-8.6%
-492 people · -1.0% a year
Households
1,206
-13.2% vs 1,390 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,745
Male / female
2,932 / 2,813
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
959
Children aged 0–6
501
Literacy rate
76.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,235 / 41
Working population
2,045
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
30.7%
Households
1,390
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
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
244
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
800
Non-farm households
406
Share of households farming, 2020
66%
Net sown area
310 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
310 / 150 / 60
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Fulsara panchayat, Gaighata 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
₹56.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹79.30 lakh
Received directly
₹2.09 lakh
Spent
₹93.58 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹44.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.87 lakh · received ₹32.59 lakh · spent ₹40.00 lakh · left ₹15.55 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.68 lakh · received ₹46.71 lakh · spent ₹53.58 lakh · left ₹28.81 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0512, 88.8212 —
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