Banktal
Kharagpur-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721513
· village code 341449
Population 2011
835
Census of India
Population 2020
900
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.8%
65 people · 0.8% a year
Households
210
+18.6% vs 177 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
835
Male / female
431 / 404
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
937
Children aged 0–6
94
Literacy rate
70.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
202 / 90
Working population
343
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.2%
Households
177
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
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
50
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
70
Non-farm households
110
Share of households farming, 2020
39%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 15 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Arjuni panchayat, Kharagpur-I 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
₹54.00 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹81.79 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹96.38 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.41 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.44 lakh · received ₹33.61 lakh · spent ₹31.79 lakh · left ₹15.25 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹40.57 lakh · received ₹48.18 lakh · spent ₹64.58 lakh · left ₹24.16 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3604, 87.2057 —
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