Barkasmili
Contai-Iii block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721427
· village code 346561
Population 2011
779
Census of India
Population 2020
965
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.9%
186 people · 2.4% a year
Households
193
+35.0% vs 143 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
779
Male / female
405 / 374
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
923
Children aged 0–6
106
Literacy rate
79.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
417
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.8%
Households
143
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 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
58
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
35
Non-farm households
150
Share of households farming, 2020
19%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 10 / 10
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Marishda 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
₹37.36 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹60.85 lakh
Received directly
₹65,758
Spent
₹67.29 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.02 lakh · received ₹25.01 lakh · spent ₹27.45 lakh · left ₹13.23 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.34 lakh · received ₹35.84 lakh · spent ₹39.83 lakh · left ₹18.35 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8559, 87.7679 —
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