Kanta Ban
Patrasayer block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722206
· village code 327595
Population 2011
4,209
Census of India
Population 2020
4,744
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.7%
535 people · 1.3% a year
Households
1,410
+56.1% vs 903 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,209
Male / female
2,188 / 2,021
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
924
Children aged 0–6
424
Literacy rate
62.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
704 / 25
Working population
1,545
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
63.4%
Households
903
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
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
102
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,271
Non-farm households
139
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
108 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
108 / 104 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Patrasayer panchayat, Patrasayer 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
₹45.50 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹81.02 lakh
Received directly
₹63,922
Spent
₹87.92 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.23 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.03 lakh · received ₹33.29 lakh · spent ₹34.22 lakh · left ₹17.42 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹27.47 lakh · received ₹47.72 lakh · spent ₹53.70 lakh · left ₹21.81 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2030, 87.5315 —
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