Bara (P)
Barasat-I block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743294
· village code 323188
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 5,412 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 2,045 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
5,412
Male / female
2,783 / 2,629
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
945
Children aged 0–6
699
Literacy rate
69.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
14 / 74
Working population
1,707
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
37.9%
Households
1,209
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
205
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
68
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
271
Non-farm households
182
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
175 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 175 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chhoto Jagulia panchayat, Barasat-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
₹1.45 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.55 crore
Received directly
₹1.59 lakh
Spent
₹1.90 crore
Unspent at year end
₹1.12 crore
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹45.04 lakh · received ₹63.92 lakh · spent ₹73.27 lakh · left ₹37.28 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹99.95 lakh · received ₹91.52 lakh · spent ₹1.16 crore · left ₹75.01 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.9369, 88.4139 —
view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Banstala
compare · Bantosha
compare · Banubankra (P)
compare · Bara (CT)
compare · Bara Bamonia (CT)
compare · Bara Bankra
compare · Bara Bisweswarpur
compare · Bara Gachhia
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in 24 Paraganas North district ·
School
staffing across 24 Paraganas North ·
…and across West Bengal