Harigechhya
Contai-Iii block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721444
· village code 346485
Population 2011
637
Census of India
Population 2020
771
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.0%
134 people · 2.1% a year
Households
165
+21.3% vs 136 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
637
Male / female
329 / 308
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
936
Children aged 0–6
63
Literacy rate
83.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
27 / 0
Working population
396
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.6%
Households
136
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
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 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
36
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
151
Non-farm households
14
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
52 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
52 / 43 / 2
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kumirda 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
₹34.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹65.98 lakh
Received directly
₹54,530
Spent
₹70.28 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.91 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.63 lakh · received ₹27.12 lakh · spent ₹22.73 lakh · left ₹13.56 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.04 lakh · received ₹38.87 lakh · spent ₹47.55 lakh · left ₹17.35 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.7838, 87.7431 —
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