Barani
Contai-Iii block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721422
· village code 346473
Population 2011
716
Census of India
Population 2020
731
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.1%
15 people · 0.2% a year
Households
162
+16.6% vs 139 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
716
Male / female
362 / 354
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
978
Children aged 0–6
92
Literacy rate
77.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
356 / 0
Working population
418
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.1%
Households
139
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
50
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
136
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
17 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
17 / 13 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Debendra panchayat, Contai-Iii 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
₹37.28 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹64.26 lakh
Received directly
₹47,672
Spent
₹71.00 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.49 lakh · received ₹26.41 lakh · spent ₹29.09 lakh · left ₹13.28 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.79 lakh · received ₹37.85 lakh · spent ₹41.90 lakh · left ₹17.74 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8437, 87.6419 —
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