Kanshai
Mejhia block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722143
· village code 326137
Population 2011
965
Census of India
Population 2020
1,102
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.2%
137 people · 1.5% a year
Households
204
+12.1% vs 182 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
965
Male / female
507 / 458
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
903
Children aged 0–6
130
Literacy rate
58.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
246 / 0
Working population
358
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
51.1%
Households
182
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
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
99
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
4
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
62 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
62 / 12 / 12
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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