Banbahal
Pandaveswar block · Paschim Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713378
· village code 318695
Population 2011
3,540
Census of India
Population 2020
2,611
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-26.2%
-929 people · -3.3% a year
Households
492
-28.2% vs 685 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,540
Male / female
1,781 / 1,759
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
988
Children aged 0–6
485
Literacy rate
57.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
989 / 807
Working population
1,062
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
8.6%
Households
685
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Chhora panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
220
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
101
Non-farm households
391
Share of households farming, 2020
21%
Net sown area
132 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
90 / 0 / 132
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chhora panchayat, Pandaveswar 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
₹88.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.10 crore
Received directly
₹1.49 lakh
Spent
₹1.20 crore
Unspent at year end
₹80.33 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹29.10 lakh · received ₹45.38 lakh · spent ₹52.24 lakh · left ₹23.73 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹59.57 lakh · received ₹65.04 lakh · spent ₹68.01 lakh · left ₹56.60 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6577, 87.2221 —
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