Banahata
Jhalda-Ii block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723213
· village code 331476
Population 2011
764
Census of India
Population 2020
895
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.1%
131 people · 1.8% a year
Households
157
+6.1% vs 148 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
764
Male / female
381 / 383
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,005
Children aged 0–6
115
Literacy rate
41.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
133 / 229
Working population
314
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
47.8%
Households
148
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>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
73
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
37
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
12
Non-farm households
2
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
106 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
106 / 106 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nowahatu panchayat, Jhalda-Ii 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
₹64.85 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹79.14 lakh
Received directly
₹1.14 lakh
Spent
₹89.78 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹55.35 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.96 lakh · received ₹32.52 lakh · spent ₹26.20 lakh · left ₹21.42 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹50.90 lakh · received ₹46.61 lakh · spent ₹63.58 lakh · left ₹33.93 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4054, 86.0734 —
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