Bansihari
Bansihari block · Dinajpur Dakshin
district, West Bengal · PIN 733121
· village code 311741
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 930 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 360 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
930
Male / female
475 / 455
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
958
Children aged 0–6
125
Literacy rate
73.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
235 / 41
Working population
320
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
48.1%
Households
217
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
38
Non-farm households
37
Share of households farming, 2020
51%
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 12 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Brajaballavpur panchayat, Bansihari 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
₹74.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹93.48 lakh
Received directly
₹1.13 lakh
Spent
₹1.07 crore
Unspent at year end
₹62.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.01 lakh · received ₹38.41 lakh · spent ₹41.07 lakh · left ₹21.48 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹51.31 lakh · received ₹55.06 lakh · spent ₹65.65 lakh · left ₹40.72 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4300, 88.3724 —
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