Banshgan
Raghunath Pur-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723133
· village code 330340
Population 2011
2,110
Census of India
Population 2020
2,130
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.9%
20 people · 0.1% a year
Households
386
0.0% vs 386 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,110
Male / female
1,070 / 1,040
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
972
Children aged 0–6
315
Literacy rate
52.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
429 / 291
Working population
688
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
59.6%
Households
386
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
105
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
130
Non-farm households
90
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 100 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bero panchayat, Raghunath Pur-I 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
₹54.38 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹54.79 lakh
Received directly
₹65,589
Spent
₹79.90 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.32 lakh · received ₹22.52 lakh · spent ₹29.12 lakh · left ₹12.37 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.05 lakh · received ₹32.27 lakh · spent ₹50.78 lakh · left ₹17.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6577, 86.7696 —
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