Banka Bara
Keshpur block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721150
· village code 338490
Population 2011
351
Census of India
Population 2020
460
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+31.1%
109 people · 3.0% a year
Households
100
+20.5% vs 83 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
351
Male / female
163 / 188
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,153
Children aged 0–6
55
Literacy rate
65.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
212 / 121
Working population
166
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
60.2%
Households
83
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
60
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 30 / 10
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jhentla panchayat, Keshpur 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
₹48.42 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹80.86 lakh
Received directly
₹80,807
Spent
₹1.04 crore
Unspent at year end
₹26.24 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.65 lakh · received ₹33.23 lakh · spent ₹45.20 lakh · left ₹5.50 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.76 lakh · received ₹47.63 lakh · spent ₹58.64 lakh · left ₹20.75 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4685, 87.4881 —
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