Banhat
Rampurhat-I block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731233
· village code 316368
Population 2011
2,892
Census of India
Population 2020
3,440
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.9%
548 people · 1.9% a year
Households
832
+25.7% vs 662 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,892
Male / female
1,488 / 1,404
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
944
Children aged 0–6
427
Literacy rate
65.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
87 / 7
Working population
964
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
45.1%
Households
662
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
65
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
182
Share of households farming, 2020
52%
Net sown area
500 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
500 / 300 / 200
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bonhat panchayat, Rampurhat-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
₹34.93 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹59.52 lakh
Received directly
₹43,735
Spent
₹63.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.74 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.00 lakh · received ₹24.46 lakh · spent ₹24.31 lakh · left ₹14.59 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.93 lakh · received ₹35.06 lakh · spent ₹38.84 lakh · left ₹17.15 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1802, 87.7929 —
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