Bhastor
Burwan block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742161
· village code 315933
Population 2011
1,631
Census of India
Population 2020
1,890
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.9%
259 people · 1.7% a year
Households
448
+14.6% vs 391 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,631
Male / female
852 / 779
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
914
Children aged 0–6
212
Literacy rate
65.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
249 / 0
Working population
505
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.7%
Households
391
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
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
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
95
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
48
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
318
Non-farm households
130
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
24 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
24 / 11 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kurunnorun 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
₹60.87 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹56.82 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹67.68 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹50.01 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.17 lakh · received ₹23.35 lakh · spent ₹21.79 lakh · left ₹19.73 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹42.70 lakh · received ₹33.47 lakh · spent ₹45.89 lakh · left ₹30.27 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.8018, 88.2048 —
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