Barasi
Mathurapur I block · 24 Paraganas South
district, West Bengal · PIN 743354
· village code 334827
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,628 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 610 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,628
Male / female
846 / 782
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
924
Children aged 0–6
186
Literacy rate
66.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
215 / 0
Working population
609
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
25.4%
Households
354
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
70
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
105
Non-farm households
55
Share of households farming, 2020
66%
Net sown area
3 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 1 / 3
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Krishnachandrapur panchayat, Mathurapur 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
₹57.51 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹48.91 lakh
Received directly
₹89,161
Spent
₹69.25 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹38.06 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.93 lakh · received ₹20.10 lakh · spent ₹27.73 lakh · left ₹9.19 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹41.58 lakh · received ₹28.81 lakh · spent ₹41.52 lakh · left ₹28.87 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.0999, 88.4046 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in 24 Paraganas South district ·
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