Bara Mechhua
Binpur-Ii block · Jhargram
district, West Bengal · PIN 721515
· village code 335618
Population 2011
245
Census of India
Population 2020
268
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.4%
23 people · 1.0% a year
Households
48
-14.3% vs 56 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
245
Male / female
123 / 122
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
992
Children aged 0–6
22
Literacy rate
57.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
43 / 82
Working population
122
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.1%
Households
56
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
50
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
30
Non-farm households
16
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 2 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhelaidiha panchayat, Binpur-Ii 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
₹51.09 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹71.68 lakh
Received directly
₹1.28 lakh
Spent
₹82.44 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹41.61 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.76 lakh · received ₹29.46 lakh · spent ₹29.86 lakh · left ₹13.64 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹38.33 lakh · received ₹42.22 lakh · spent ₹52.59 lakh · left ₹27.97 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6486, 86.8605 —
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