Belmula
Dantan-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721426
· village code 343746
Change since 2011 is not available for this village.
The 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey recorded a population of 1,101
— exactly the Census 2011 figure. That happens in about 15% of villages
nationally, where the surveyor appears to have carried the old number forward
rather than counting afresh. Showing “0% growth” here would be
reporting a number nobody measured, so we don't.
How we detect this.
Population (Census 2011)
1,101
Households 2020
262
surveyed separately, so usable
Census 2011
Total population
1,101
Male / female
564 / 537
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
952
Children aged 0–6
120
Literacy rate
68.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,099 / 0
Working population
366
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.1%
Households
236
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
55
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
62
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 6 / 10
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dantan-Ii panchayat, Dantan-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
₹28.35 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹46.47 lakh
Received directly
₹1.01 lakh
Spent
₹68.21 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.62 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.22 lakh · received ₹19.14 lakh · spent ₹25.43 lakh · left ₹2.19 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.13 lakh · received ₹27.33 lakh · spent ₹42.79 lakh · left ₹5.43 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.9459, 87.2795 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
…and across West Bengal