Kushtara
Salbani block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721147
· village code 338811
Population 2011
625
Census of India
Population 2020
628
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.5%
3 people · 0.1% a year
Households
111
+0.9% vs 110 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
625
Male / female
276 / 349
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,264
Children aged 0–6
74
Literacy rate
62.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
339
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
99.4%
Households
110
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation 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 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
12
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
70
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
76 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
43 / 76 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bishnupur 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
₹52.95 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹68.94 lakh
Received directly
₹79,648
Spent
₹88.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.00 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.24 lakh · received ₹28.33 lakh · spent ₹32.71 lakh · left ₹16.66 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.71 lakh · received ₹40.61 lakh · spent ₹55.98 lakh · left ₹17.34 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.6384, 87.2198 —
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