Bishnupur
Salbani block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721147
· village code 339022
Population 2011
1,639
Census of India
Population 2020
1,676
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.3%
37 people · 0.2% a year
Households
345
+1.5% vs 340 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,639
Male / female
797 / 842
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,056
Children aged 0–6
182
Literacy rate
65.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
4 / 376
Working population
705
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.2%
Households
340
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
30
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
250
Non-farm households
60
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Main irrigation source
Other
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
22.6388, 87.2180 —
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