Basantapur
Khargram block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742159
· village code 315075
Population 2011
1,550
Census of India
Population 2020
1,805
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.4%
255 people · 1.7% a year
Households
437
+12.9% vs 387 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,550
Male / female
814 / 736
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
904
Children aged 0–6
142
Literacy rate
63.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
355 / 4
Working population
527
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.5%
Households
387
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
44
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
236
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
54%
Net sown area
99 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
99 / 55 / 45
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Padamkandi panchayat, Khargram 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
₹43.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹61.74 lakh
Received directly
₹70,785
Spent
₹69.25 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹37.01 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.43 lakh · received ₹25.37 lakh · spent ₹26.06 lakh · left ₹15.26 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.39 lakh · received ₹36.37 lakh · spent ₹43.19 lakh · left ₹21.75 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0901, 87.9876 —
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