Banshia
Faridpur - Durgapur block · Paschim Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713204
· village code 318747
Population 2011
1,607
Census of India
Population 2020
1,807
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.4%
200 people · 1.3% a year
Households
406
+12.2% vs 362 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,607
Male / female
828 / 779
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
941
Children aged 0–6
180
Literacy rate
49.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
503 / 358
Working population
666
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.9%
Households
362
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
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
133
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
44
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
325
Non-farm households
80
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
196 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
196 / 39 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pratappur panchayat, Faridpur - Durgapur 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
₹47.57 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹63.39 lakh
Received directly
₹1.95 lakh
Spent
₹75.00 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹37.91 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.43 lakh · received ₹26.05 lakh · spent ₹35.90 lakh · left ₹7.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.13 lakh · received ₹37.34 lakh · spent ₹39.11 lakh · left ₹30.37 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6036, 87.3237 —
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