Kantanagar
Bhagawangola-I block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742135
· village code 314437
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 15,587 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 9,145 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
15,587
Male / female
8,034 / 7,553
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
940
Children aged 0–6
2,158
Literacy rate
61.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
928 / 1
Working population
4,980
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
50.9%
Households
3,475
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Kantanagar panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
335
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,305
Non-farm households
55
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
130 / 170 / 300
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kantanagar panchayat, Bhagawangola-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
₹21.09 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹52.66 lakh
Received directly
₹26,554
Spent
₹44.18 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.84 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.40 lakh · received ₹21.64 lakh · spent ₹15.16 lakh · left ₹11.15 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.69 lakh · received ₹31.02 lakh · spent ₹29.03 lakh · left ₹18.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3423, 88.3598 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Murshidabad district ·
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staffing across Murshidabad ·
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