Bhagirath Bar
Keshpur block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721150
· village code 338400
Population 2011
1,307
Census of India
Population 2020
1,810
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+38.5%
503 people · 3.7% a year
Households
292
+13.2% vs 258 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,307
Male / female
674 / 633
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
939
Children aged 0–6
171
Literacy rate
68.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
487 / 0
Working population
623
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.0%
Households
258
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>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
187
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
115
Non-farm households
93
Share of households farming, 2020
55%
Net sown area
37 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
37 / 17 / 8
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Anandapur panchayat, Keshpur 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
₹53.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹72.73 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹99.00 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.77 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.80 lakh · received ₹29.89 lakh · spent ₹39.86 lakh · left ₹11.83 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.24 lakh · received ₹42.84 lakh · spent ₹59.14 lakh · left ₹14.94 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5586, 87.4085 —
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