Banshanka
Suri-Ii block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731121
· village code 317186
Population 2011
1,175
Census of India
Population 2020
1,401
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.2%
226 people · 2.0% a year
Households
350
+23.7% vs 283 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,175
Male / female
619 / 556
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
898
Children aged 0–6
159
Literacy rate
59.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
658 / 6
Working population
605
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.1%
Households
283
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
120
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Banshanka panchayat, Suri-Ii 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
₹39.38 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹54.50 lakh
Received directly
₹27,286
Spent
₹62.56 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.60 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.12 lakh · received ₹22.40 lakh · spent ₹16.82 lakh · left ₹13.97 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.26 lakh · received ₹32.11 lakh · spent ₹45.74 lakh · left ₹17.63 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.8018, 87.5352 —
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