Banshkona
Salbani block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721516
· village code 338766
Population 2011
529
Census of India
Population 2020
575
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.7%
46 people · 0.9% a year
Households
115
+7.5% vs 107 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
529
Male / female
272 / 257
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
945
Children aged 0–6
54
Literacy rate
70.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
504 / 0
Working population
291
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
99.0%
Households
107
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
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 20 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lalgeria panchayat, Salbani 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
₹19.16 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹93.33 lakh
Received directly
₹73,421
Spent
₹86.34 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.88 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.44 lakh · received ₹29.51 lakh · spent ₹36.01 lakh · left ₹10.50 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.71 lakh · received ₹63.82 lakh · spent ₹50.32 lakh · left ₹16.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5946, 87.1777 —
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