Banshgara
Faridpur - Durgapur block · Paschim Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713363
· village code 318753
Population 2011
1,173
Census of India
Population 2020
1,373
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.1%
200 people · 1.8% a year
Households
290
+16.9% vs 248 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,173
Male / female
601 / 572
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
952
Children aged 0–6
154
Literacy rate
57.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
84 / 777
Working population
565
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
21.4%
Households
248
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 2 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
55
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
240
Share of households farming, 2020
17%
Net sown area
160 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
160 / 30 / 20
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ichhapur 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
₹55.85 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹81.27 lakh
Received directly
₹98,935
Spent
₹93.12 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹44.98 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.98 lakh · received ₹33.40 lakh · spent ₹37.01 lakh · left ₹13.36 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹39.86 lakh · received ₹47.87 lakh · spent ₹56.12 lakh · left ₹31.62 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6119, 87.2688 —
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