Basantabar
Panskura-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721634
· village code 344298
Population 2011
748
Census of India
Population 2020
814
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.8%
66 people · 0.9% a year
Households
172
+3.0% vs 167 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
748
Male / female
367 / 381
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,038
Children aged 0–6
80
Literacy rate
80.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
321
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
32.7%
Households
167
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
121
Non-farm households
49
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 9 / 20
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pratappur-I panchayat, Panskura-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
₹16.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹34.86 lakh
Received directly
₹34,449
Spent
₹33.68 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.05 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.07 lakh · received ₹14.37 lakh · spent ₹11.44 lakh · left ₹8.34 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.46 lakh · received ₹20.49 lakh · spent ₹22.23 lakh · left ₹9.71 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3784, 87.7236 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur East district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur East ·
…and across West Bengal