Baje Melia

Singur block · Hooghly district, West Bengal · PIN 712407 · village code 325466

Population 2011

3,659

Census of India

Population 2020

4,285

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+17.1%

626 people · 1.8% a year

Households

773

-5.8% vs 821 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

3,659

Male / female

1,904 / 1,755

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

922

Children aged 0–6

299

Literacy rate

79.4%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,079 / 0

Working population

1,335

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

26.8%

Households

821

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Van

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 1 km away

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

120

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

373

Non-farm households

400

Share of households farming, 2020

48%

Net sown area

57 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

54 / 57 / 17

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Kamarkundugopalnagardaluigachha panchayat, Singur 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

₹34.06 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹65.67 lakh

Received directly

₹52,061

Spent

₹64.65 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹35.60 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹10.00 lakh · received ₹26.99 lakh · spent ₹24.13 lakh · left ₹13.37 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹24.06 lakh · received ₹38.68 lakh · spent ₹40.52 lakh · left ₹22.23 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

22.8233, 88.2017 — view on OpenStreetMap

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