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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MALATI MURMU
Contact: 95****5561
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- LGD code
- 316576
- Pincode
- 731213
- Post office
- Mayureswar
- Population
- 590
- Households
- 146
- Literacy rate
- 65.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1021 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 291
Census 2011 · in context
How Baicha compares
By population, Baicha ranks #80 of 113 villages in Mayureswar - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.9%
+3.9% vs mandal average
- Baicha
- 65.9%
- Mayureswar - I mandal
- 62.0%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,021
+60 vs mandal average
- Baicha
- 1,021
- Mayureswar - I mandal
- 961
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Baicha
- 4.0
- Mayureswar - I mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baicha at a glance
Baicha is a village of 590 people in 146 households (Census 2011) in Mayureswar - I block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 80th-largest of 113 villages in Mayureswar - I block. Literacy is 66%, 4 points above the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,021 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 731213, served by Mayureswar post office; the LGD village code is 316576. The sarpanch is MALATI MURMU, and the village votes in Mayureswar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dudh Kumar Mondal. The population is estimated at 696 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baicha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 160.69
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 106.31
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baicha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baicha
- LGD code
- 316576
- Pincode
- 731213
- Post office
- Mayureswar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 590
- Population (projected 2026)
- 696
- Households
- 146
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1021
- Literacy rate
- 65.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mayureswar
- Member of Parliament
- Asit Kumar Mal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dudh Kumar Mondal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MALATI MURMU
- Block / Mandal
- Mayureswar - I
Same pincode
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- DunaMayureswar - II mandal3,097 pop
- BasudebpurMayureswar - II mandal2,865 pop
- BrahmanbaharaMayureswar - II mandal2,741 pop
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)