Bhandira

Kandi block · Murshidabad district, West Bengal · PIN 742138 · village code 315292

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,965 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 5,218 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

1,965

Male / female

1,030 / 935

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

908

Children aged 0–6

214

Literacy rate

59.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

312 / 2

Working population

647

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

76.7%

Households

503

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 1 km away

Middle school nearest 1 km away

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Separately located

Farming

Farm households

305

Non-farm households

225

Share of households farming, 2020

58%

Net sown area

40 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

40 / 20 / 13

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Jashahari Anukha-Ii panchayat, Kandi 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

₹88.98 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹75.60 lakh

Received directly

₹2.82 lakh

Spent

₹1.19 crore

Unspent at year end

₹47.97 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹33.84 lakh · received ₹31.07 lakh · spent ₹47.46 lakh · left ₹20.27 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹55.13 lakh · received ₹44.53 lakh · spent ₹71.96 lakh · left ₹27.70 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

23.9729, 88.0358 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Murshidabad district · School staffing across Murshidabad · …and across West Bengal