Barra

Kashipur block · Purulia district, West Bengal · PIN 723121 · village code 330714

Population 2011

2,620

Census of India

Population 2020

2,750

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+5.0%

130 people · 0.5% a year

Households

589

+5.0% vs 561 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

2,620

Male / female

1,343 / 1,277

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

951

Children aged 0–6

335

Literacy rate

58.0%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,220 / 244

Working population

1,173

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

77.7%

Households

561

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road nearest 2 km away

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 10 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

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

600

Teachers

Students per teacher

120

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Net sown area

70 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

50 / 50 / 70

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Barrah panchayat, Kashipur 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

₹39.57 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹56.12 lakh

Received directly

₹63,288

Spent

₹54.04 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹42.28 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹11.28 lakh · received ₹23.06 lakh · spent ₹22.26 lakh · left ₹12.72 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹28.29 lakh · received ₹33.06 lakh · spent ₹31.78 lakh · left ₹29.56 lakh

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

Location

23.5135, 86.5172 — view on OpenStreetMap

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