Bagchhari
Chandrakona-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721242
· village code 337381
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,346 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 25,200 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,346
Male / female
698 / 648
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
928
Children aged 0–6
155
Literacy rate
76.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
518 / 1
Working population
469
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.1%
Households
279
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
65
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
385
Net sown area
600 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
600 / 500 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lakshmipur panchayat, Chandrakona-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
₹35.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹54.93 lakh
Received directly
₹70,757
Spent
₹69.72 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.57 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.86 lakh · received ₹22.57 lakh · spent ₹29.53 lakh · left ₹8.61 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.80 lakh · received ₹32.35 lakh · spent ₹40.18 lakh · left ₹12.97 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8108, 87.5891 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
…and across West Bengal