Arit
Daspur-Ii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721148
· village code 338003
Population 2011
3,100
Census of India
Population 2020
3,693
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.1%
593 people · 2.0% a year
Households
897
+40.8% vs 637 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,100
Male / female
1,580 / 1,520
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
962
Children aged 0–6
347
Literacy rate
70.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
965 / 0
Working population
1,161
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
38.2%
Households
637
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
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
352
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
88
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
533
Non-farm households
201
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 2 / 1
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Benai panchayat, Daspur-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
₹47.29 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹56.39 lakh
Received directly
₹1.15 lakh
Spent
₹83.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.77 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.96 lakh · received ₹23.17 lakh · spent ₹31.94 lakh · left ₹7.34 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.33 lakh · received ₹33.22 lakh · spent ₹51.12 lakh · left ₹14.43 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5466, 87.8162 —
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