Barasati
Dantan-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721426
· village code 343781
Population 2011
744
Census of India
Population 2020
660
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-11.3%
-84 people · -1.3% a year
Households
148
+4.2% vs 142 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
744
Male / female
396 / 348
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
879
Children aged 0–6
73
Literacy rate
39.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
114 / 0
Working population
245
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
43.7%
Households
142
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
38
Share of households farming, 2020
72%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
300 / 100 / 100
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Angua 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
₹61.06 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹72.99 lakh
Received directly
₹13,388
Spent
₹1.01 crore
Unspent at year end
₹33.04 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.56 lakh · received ₹30.00 lakh · spent ₹40.33 lakh · left ₹12.35 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹38.50 lakh · received ₹42.99 lakh · spent ₹60.80 lakh · left ₹20.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.9099, 87.2768 —
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