Banpur
Manteswar block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713422
· village code 319735
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,220 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 4,030 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,220
Male / female
612 / 608
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
993
Children aged 0–6
122
Literacy rate
72.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
392
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.2%
Households
259
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
65
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
565
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
205 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
205 / 7 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pipalan panchayat, Manteswar 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
₹23.98 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹45.81 lakh
Received directly
₹74,030
Spent
₹47.99 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.19 lakh · received ₹18.87 lakh · spent ₹18.63 lakh · left ₹11.16 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.79 lakh · received ₹26.94 lakh · spent ₹29.36 lakh · left ₹11.37 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3514, 88.1382 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purba Bardhaman district ·
School
staffing across Purba Bardhaman ·
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