Belma
Keshiary block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721133
· village code 343523
Population 2011
950
Census of India
Population 2020
1,120
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.9%
170 people · 1.8% a year
Households
402
+88.7% vs 213 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
950
Male / female
467 / 483
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,034
Children aged 0–6
124
Literacy rate
51.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
305 / 568
Working population
462
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.0%
Households
213
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
103
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
363
Non-farm households
39
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
108 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
108 / 34 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Santrapur panchayat, Keshiary 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
₹28.71 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹51.11 lakh
Received directly
₹90,820
Spent
₹59.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.09 lakh · received ₹21.00 lakh · spent ₹21.51 lakh · left ₹7.50 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.63 lakh · received ₹30.11 lakh · spent ₹37.84 lakh · left ₹13.89 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.1441, 87.2851 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
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