Mahishasthali
Beldanga-I block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742134
· village code 315564
Population 2011
1,599
Census of India
Population 2020
1,700
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.3%
101 people · 0.7% a year
Households
381
+2.7% vs 371 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,599
Male / female
840 / 759
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
904
Children aged 0–6
204
Literacy rate
63.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
21 / 0
Working population
489
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
46.0%
Households
371
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
No
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
301
Non-farm households
80
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
36 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 30 / 36
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mahula-I panchayat, Beldanga-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
₹78.97 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹83.33 lakh
Received directly
₹1.50 lakh
Spent
₹84.11 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹79.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.09 lakh · received ₹34.25 lakh · spent ₹39.34 lakh · left ₹21.49 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹53.88 lakh · received ₹49.09 lakh · spent ₹44.77 lakh · left ₹58.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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How this village compares
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population changes in Murshidabad district ·
School
staffing across Murshidabad ·
…and across West Bengal