Harichak
Egra-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721429
· village code 346714
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 542 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,393 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
542
Male / female
281 / 261
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
929
Children aged 0–6
68
Literacy rate
67.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
180
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.8%
Households
125
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 10 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
98
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
102
Non-farm households
51
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 4 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kasba-Egra panchayat, Egra-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
₹16.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹36.03 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹36.72 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.24 lakh · received ₹11.42 lakh · spent ₹12.94 lakh · left ₹5.72 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.81 lakh · received ₹24.61 lakh · spent ₹23.78 lakh · left ₹9.64 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.0360, 87.5099 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur East district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur East ·
…and across West Bengal