Bishannagar

Beldanga-I block · Murshidabad district, West Bengal · PIN 742133 · village code 315605

Population 2011

12,896

Census of India

Population 2020

9,699

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-24.8%

-3,197 people · -3.1% a year

Households

2,470

-12.3% vs 2,815 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

12,896

Male / female

6,641 / 6,255

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

942

Children aged 0–6

1,879

Literacy rate

59.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

52 / 1

Working population

4,674

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

37.9%

Households

2,815

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Madda panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

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

519

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

200

Non-farm households

150

Share of households farming, 2020

57%

Net sown area

70 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

20 / 70 / 10

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Madda 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

₹91.39 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹89.90 lakh

Received directly

₹42,807

Spent

₹1.25 crore

Unspent at year end

₹56.51 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹27.46 lakh · received ₹36.95 lakh · spent ₹45.87 lakh · left ₹18.54 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹63.93 lakh · received ₹52.96 lakh · spent ₹79.35 lakh · left ₹37.97 lakh

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

Location

23.9408, 88.2572 — view on OpenStreetMap

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