Basudha
Kanksa block · Paschim Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 731214
· village code 318811
Population 2011
5,166
Census of India
Population 2020
5,884
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.9%
718 people · 1.5% a year
Households
1,334
+6.4% vs 1,254 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,166
Male / female
2,675 / 2,491
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
931
Children aged 0–6
599
Literacy rate
66.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,532 / 1,398
Working population
2,536
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
30.0%
Households
1,254
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
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
350
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,200
Non-farm households
130
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
351 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
351 / 300 / 26
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bankati panchayat, Kanksa 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
₹31.26 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹65.41 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹66.03 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.97 lakh · received ₹26.88 lakh · spent ₹20.40 lakh · left ₹13.45 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.29 lakh · received ₹38.53 lakh · spent ₹45.62 lakh · left ₹17.20 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6229, 87.5367 —
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