Batanal
Arambagh block · Hooghly
district, West Bengal · PIN 712615
· village code 324268
Population 2011
5,585
Census of India
Population 2020
6,680
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.6%
1,095 people · 2.0% a year
Households
1,365
+4.7% vs 1,304 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,585
Male / female
2,853 / 2,732
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
958
Children aged 0–6
562
Literacy rate
72.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,279 / 1
Working population
2,077
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
58.7%
Households
1,304
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
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
280
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
No
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,262
Non-farm households
99
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Batanal panchayat, Arambagh 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
₹86.70 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹92.72 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.21 crore
Unspent at year end
₹57.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.84 lakh · received ₹38.10 lakh · spent ₹39.88 lakh · left ₹20.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹64.85 lakh · received ₹54.61 lakh · spent ₹81.61 lakh · left ₹37.86 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.9009, 87.8623 —
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