Banshgaon
Phansidewa block · Darjeeling
district, West Bengal · PIN 734434
· village code 306776
Population 2011
5,958
Census of India
Population 2020
6,089
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.2%
131 people · 0.2% a year
Households
1,195
+3.5% vs 1,155 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,958
Male / female
3,059 / 2,899
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
948
Children aged 0–6
1,117
Literacy rate
51.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
866 / 203
Working population
1,722
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.9%
Households
1,155
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
545
Teachers
25
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
1,195
Net sown area
550 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
550 / 50 / 200
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chathat-Bansgaon panchayat, Phansidewa 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
₹78.13 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.09 crore
Received directly
₹2.86 lakh
Spent
₹1.36 crore
Unspent at year end
₹53.60 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹42.37 lakh · received ₹44.72 lakh · spent ₹64.99 lakh · left ₹24.96 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹35.76 lakh · received ₹64.10 lakh · spent ₹71.22 lakh · left ₹28.64 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5405, 88.3360 —
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