Basantapur
Chandrakona-Ii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 727201
· village code 337571
Population 2011
481
Census of India
Population 2020
542
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.7%
61 people · 1.3% a year
Households
109
+7.9% vs 101 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
481
Male / female
240 / 241
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,004
Children aged 0–6
48
Literacy rate
63.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
21 / 201
Working population
187
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.8%
Households
101
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
30
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
9
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kuapur panchayat, Chandrakona-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
₹55.70 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹84.94 lakh
Received directly
₹1.08 lakh
Spent
₹99.42 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹42.30 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.91 lakh · received ₹34.91 lakh · spent ₹39.42 lakh · left ₹14.89 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.79 lakh · received ₹50.03 lakh · spent ₹60.00 lakh · left ₹27.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6667, 87.5163 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
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