Bara
Dantan-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721133
· village code 343698
Population 2011
2,579
Census of India
Population 2020
5,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+93.9%
2,421 people · 7.6% a year
Households
842
+34.1% vs 628 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,579
Male / female
1,346 / 1,233
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
916
Children aged 0–6
207
Literacy rate
76.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
318 / 68
Working population
777
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.1%
Households
628
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
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
90
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
560
Non-farm households
165
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
321 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
244 / 321 / 162
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Alikosha panchayat, Dantan-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
₹70.21 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹71.21 lakh
Received directly
₹53,317
Spent
₹1.08 crore
Unspent at year end
₹33.77 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹32.56 lakh · received ₹29.26 lakh · spent ₹46.29 lakh · left ₹16.07 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹37.65 lakh · received ₹41.94 lakh · spent ₹61.89 lakh · left ₹17.70 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.0180, 87.2267 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Medinipur West ·
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