Lanka
Barabazar block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723127
· village code 331892
Population 2011
546
Census of India
Population 2020
621
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.7%
75 people · 1.4% a year
Households
118
+16.8% vs 101 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
546
Male / female
270 / 276
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,022
Children aged 0–6
81
Literacy rate
64.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
18 / 0
Working population
301
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.4%
Households
101
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
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
53
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
57
Non-farm households
61
Share of households farming, 2020
48%
Net sown area
81 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
81 / 13 / 27
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bansbera panchayat, Barabazar 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
₹69.69 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹57.40 lakh
Received directly
₹26,324
Spent
₹90.57 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.78 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.29 lakh · received ₹23.59 lakh · spent ₹34.86 lakh · left ₹12.28 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹46.40 lakh · received ₹33.81 lakh · spent ₹55.71 lakh · left ₹24.50 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0270, 86.3585 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purulia district ·
School
staffing across Purulia ·
…and across West Bengal