Belshwar
Ghatal block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721232
· village code 337725
Population 2011
1,107
Census of India
Population 2020
1,231
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.2%
124 people · 1.2% a year
Households
324
+42.1% vs 228 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,107
Male / female
571 / 536
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
939
Children aged 0–6
90
Literacy rate
80.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
665
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.2%
Households
228
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
132
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
44
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
84
Non-farm households
46
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 16 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mohanpur panchayat, Ghatal 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
₹85.02 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.02 crore
Received directly
₹86,518
Spent
₹1.33 crore
Unspent at year end
₹55.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹36.43 lakh · received ₹42.11 lakh · spent ₹56.01 lakh · left ₹22.85 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹48.58 lakh · received ₹60.25 lakh · spent ₹76.59 lakh · left ₹32.80 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6667, 87.6335 —
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