Bahira
Uluberia-I block · Howrah
district, West Bengal · PIN 711316
· village code 333004
Population 2011
7,845
Census of India
Population 2020
13,416
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+71.0%
5,571 people · 6.1% a year
Households
1,771
+6.4% vs 1,664 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,845
Male / female
3,987 / 3,858
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
968
Children aged 0–6
1,084
Literacy rate
66.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,130 / 0
Working population
3,088
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
29.8%
Households
1,664
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
69
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,195
Non-farm households
418
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
102 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
102 / 102 / 98
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bahira panchayat, Uluberia-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
₹69.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹89.79 lakh
Received directly
₹1.80 lakh
Spent
₹1.07 crore
Unspent at year end
₹53.93 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.12 lakh · received ₹36.90 lakh · spent ₹43.10 lakh · left ₹21.73 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹43.54 lakh · received ₹52.89 lakh · spent ₹64.23 lakh · left ₹32.21 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4324, 88.0891 —
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