Biswanathpur
Khargram block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742159
· village code 315077
Population 2011
2,952
Census of India
Population 2020
3,466
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.4%
514 people · 1.8% a year
Households
830
+12.0% vs 741 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,952
Male / female
1,476 / 1,476
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,000
Children aged 0–6
383
Literacy rate
56.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
127 / 1
Working population
1,284
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.4%
Households
741
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
230
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
683
Non-farm households
132
Share of households farming, 2020
84%
Net sown area
104 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
104 / 36 / 0
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
24.1261, 87.9137 —
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