Banshi Bani
Keshpur block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721150
· village code 338630
Population 2011
252
Census of India
Population 2020
280
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.1%
28 people · 1.2% a year
Households
75
+44.2% vs 52 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
252
Male / female
135 / 117
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
867
Children aged 0–6
25
Literacy rate
84.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
244 / 8
Working population
118
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.3%
Households
52
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
20
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
31 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
31 / 18 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
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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How this village compares
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population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
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