Baishnab Chak
Kolaghat block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721158
· village code 344401
Population 2011
1,760
Census of India
Population 2020
2,520
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+43.2%
760 people · 4.1% a year
Households
405
+13.8% vs 356 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,760
Male / female
968 / 792
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
818
Children aged 0–6
134
Literacy rate
83.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
142 / 0
Working population
613
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
39.5%
Households
356
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
307
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
210
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
65 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
65 / 5 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Baishnabchak panchayat, Kolaghat 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
₹51.73 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹76.59 lakh
Received directly
₹88,216
Spent
₹89.81 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.40 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.73 lakh · received ₹31.48 lakh · spent ₹35.52 lakh · left ₹17.57 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.00 lakh · received ₹45.12 lakh · spent ₹54.29 lakh · left ₹21.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5045, 87.8424 —
view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Baincha
compare · Baincha
compare · Baincha Bari
compare · Bainchebere
compare · Baishya Chak
compare · Baispur
compare · Baital Chak
compare · Baj Bajia
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur East district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur East ·
…and across West Bengal