Behara Shai
Keshiary block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721135
· village code 343497
Population 2011
385
Census of India
Population 2020
427
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.9%
42 people · 1.2% a year
Households
97
+6.6% vs 91 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
385
Male / female
203 / 182
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
897
Children aged 0–6
41
Literacy rate
79.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
130 / 0
Working population
173
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.5%
Households
91
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
62
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
92
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
47 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
47 / 18 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kusumpur panchayat, Keshiary 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
₹31.85 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹52.48 lakh
Received directly
₹70,643
Spent
₹77.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.37 lakh · received ₹21.57 lakh · spent ₹30.93 lakh · left ₹1.71 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.48 lakh · received ₹30.91 lakh · spent ₹46.17 lakh · left ₹6.23 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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