Maha Bishra
Egra-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721429
· village code 346719
Population 2011
2,612
Census of India
Population 2020
5,355
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+105.0%
2,743 people · 8.3% a year
Households
702
+16.6% vs 602 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,612
Male / female
1,354 / 1,258
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
929
Children aged 0–6
304
Literacy rate
74.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
788 / 0
Working population
1,210
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.6%
Households
602
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
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
115
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
86
Non-farm households
76
Share of households farming, 2020
53%
Net sown area
76 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
76 / 5 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
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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