Bhandaria
Bishnupur-I block · 24 Paraganas South
district, West Bengal · PIN 743503
· village code 333461
Population 2011
3,883
Census of India
Population 2020
4,335
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.6%
452 people · 1.2% a year
Households
860
+0.1% vs 859 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,883
Male / female
1,926 / 1,957
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,016
Children aged 0–6
541
Literacy rate
61.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
588 / 0
Working population
1,732
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
13.4%
Households
859
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
238
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
86
Non-farm households
522
Share of households farming, 2020
14%
Net sown area
65 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
3 / 40 / 65
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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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in 24 Paraganas South district ·
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staffing across 24 Paraganas South ·
…and across West Bengal