Banshra
Kumarganj block · Dinajpur Dakshin
district, West Bengal · PIN 733133
· village code 310894
Population 2011
351
Census of India
Population 2020
601
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+71.2%
250 people · 6.2% a year
Households
198
+120.0% vs 90 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
351
Male / female
190 / 161
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
847
Children aged 0–6
31
Literacy rate
70.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
33 / 56
Working population
135
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.4%
Households
90
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
86
Non-farm households
23
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 15 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Batun panchayat, Kumarganj 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
₹1.04 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹63.95 lakh
Received directly
₹2.31 lakh
Spent
₹1.13 crore
Unspent at year end
₹56.79 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.01 lakh · received ₹26.28 lakh · spent ₹41.03 lakh · left ₹8.57 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹82.81 lakh · received ₹37.67 lakh · spent ₹72.25 lakh · left ₹48.23 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2252, 88.7318 —
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