Barka Saria
Khejuri-Ii block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721431
· village code 345963
Population 2011
1,685
Census of India
Population 2020
1,922
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.1%
237 people · 1.5% a year
Households
366
+20.4% vs 304 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,685
Male / female
845 / 840
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
994
Children aged 0–6
249
Literacy rate
71.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,605 / 0
Working population
393
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.1%
Households
304
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
1,353
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
451
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
285
Non-farm households
81
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
110 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
110 / 0 / 15
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Khejuri panchayat, Khejuri-Ii 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
₹60.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹94.30 lakh
Received directly
₹46,702
Spent
₹1.10 crore
Unspent at year end
₹45.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹24.54 lakh · received ₹38.79 lakh · spent ₹43.39 lakh · left ₹20.41 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.27 lakh · received ₹55.50 lakh · spent ₹66.25 lakh · left ₹25.53 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8559, 87.9426 —
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How this village compares
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