Kustor
Mejhia block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722143
· village code 326134
Population 2011
3,278
Census of India
Population 2020
3,791
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.7%
513 people · 1.6% a year
Households
654
+12.4% vs 582 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,278
Male / female
1,697 / 1,581
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
932
Children aged 0–6
518
Literacy rate
48.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
797 / 0
Working population
1,189
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.6%
Households
582
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
692
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
58
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
645
Non-farm households
9
Share of households farming, 2020
99%
Net sown area
81 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
81 / 15 / 14
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kushtore panchayat, Mejhia 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
₹47.83 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹62.93 lakh
Received directly
₹66,068
Spent
₹75.64 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹35.78 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.78 lakh · received ₹25.86 lakh · spent ₹34.49 lakh · left ₹14.57 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.04 lakh · received ₹37.07 lakh · spent ₹41.15 lakh · left ₹21.21 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.5676, 87.0442 —
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