Kantur
Burwan block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742132
· village code 315877
Population 2011
901
Census of India
Population 2020
1,807
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+100.5%
906 people · 8.0% a year
Households
342
+54.8% vs 221 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
901
Male / female
461 / 440
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
954
Children aged 0–6
92
Literacy rate
75.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
285 / 0
Working population
301
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.4%
Households
221
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
113
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
136
Non-farm households
206
Share of households farming, 2020
40%
Net sown area
33 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
26 / 27 / 33
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Biprasekhar panchayat, Burwan 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
₹49.07 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹69.43 lakh
Received directly
₹1.09 lakh
Spent
₹61.99 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹57.59 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.70 lakh · received ₹28.53 lakh · spent ₹17.89 lakh · left ₹24.43 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.37 lakh · received ₹40.89 lakh · spent ₹44.11 lakh · left ₹33.16 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9640, 88.0591 —
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How this village compares
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