Belar
Keshiary block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721424
· village code 343669
Population 2011
468
Census of India
Population 2020
512
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.4%
44 people · 1.0% a year
Households
105
+4.0% vs 101 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
468
Male / female
239 / 229
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
958
Children aged 0–6
47
Literacy rate
76.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
35 / 3
Working population
200
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.5%
Households
101
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
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
92
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
86
Non-farm households
19
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
85 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
85 / 20 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lalua 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
₹40.35 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹60.92 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹80.62 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.66 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.57 lakh · received ₹25.04 lakh · spent ₹27.17 lakh · left ₹11.43 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.78 lakh · received ₹35.88 lakh · spent ₹53.45 lakh · left ₹9.22 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.0976, 87.2640 —
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