Bistupur
Kanksa block · Paschim Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713212
· village code 318820
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,992 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,200 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,992
Male / female
1,527 / 1,465
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
959
Children aged 0–6
342
Literacy rate
57.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
584 / 1,500
Working population
1,682
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.5%
Households
720
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
—
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
30
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
250
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
300 / 200 / 100
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Molandighi 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
₹61.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹92.76 lakh
Received directly
₹20,199
Spent
₹1.24 crore
Unspent at year end
₹30.28 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.57 lakh · received ₹38.12 lakh · spent ₹51.89 lakh · left ₹4.80 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹43.17 lakh · received ₹54.64 lakh · spent ₹72.54 lakh · left ₹25.48 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.5495, 87.3861 —
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