Bera Jal
Nayagram block · Jhargram
district, West Bengal · PIN 721159
· village code 341072
Population 2011
288
Census of India
Population 2020
341
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.4%
53 people · 1.9% a year
Households
86
+17.8% vs 73 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
288
Male / female
145 / 143
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
986
Children aged 0–6
28
Literacy rate
59.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
32 / 16
Working population
146
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.3%
Households
73
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
35
Non-farm households
51
Share of households farming, 2020
41%
Net sown area
54 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
54 / 54 / 27
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Berajal panchayat, Nayagram 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
₹28.45 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹33.09 lakh
Received directly
₹21,729
Spent
₹39.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.70 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.49 lakh · received ₹13.64 lakh · spent ₹16.56 lakh · left ₹6.79 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.95 lakh · received ₹19.45 lakh · spent ₹22.50 lakh · left ₹15.91 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.9497, 87.1430 —
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