Raygara
Barabazar block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723153
· village code 331748
Population 2011
1,800
Census of India
Population 2020
1,950
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.3%
150 people · 0.9% a year
Households
296
-0.3% vs 297 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,800
Male / female
905 / 895
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
989
Children aged 0–6
342
Literacy rate
44.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
44 / 486
Working population
800
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.6%
Households
297
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
87
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
274
Non-farm households
13
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
207 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
207 / 25 / 6
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhagabandh panchayat, Barabazar 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
₹85.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹88.52 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.03 crore
Unspent at year end
₹71.27 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹24.53 lakh · received ₹36.38 lakh · spent ₹32.56 lakh · left ₹28.36 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹61.35 lakh · received ₹52.14 lakh · spent ₹70.57 lakh · left ₹42.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1532, 86.3416 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purulia district ·
School
staffing across Purulia ·
…and across West Bengal