Kastikumari
Bishnupur-I block · 24 Paraganas South
district, West Bengal · PIN 743503
· village code 333451
Population 2011
3,100
Census of India
Population 2020
3,460
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.6%
360 people · 1.2% a year
Households
757
+26.8% vs 597 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,100
Male / female
1,597 / 1,503
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
941
Children aged 0–6
485
Literacy rate
64.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
265 / 0
Working population
1,083
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
9.4%
Households
597
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
217
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
16
Non-farm households
268
Share of households farming, 2020
6%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 15 / 12
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhandaria Kastekumari panchayat, Bishnupur-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
₹47.10 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹62.31 lakh
Received directly
₹88,799
Spent
₹72.50 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹37.81 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.95 lakh · received ₹25.61 lakh · spent ₹28.45 lakh · left ₹14.99 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.16 lakh · received ₹36.71 lakh · spent ₹44.04 lakh · left ₹22.82 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3423, 88.3243 —
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