Banhichar
Tamluk block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721627
· village code 344512
Population 2011
3,670
Census of India
Population 2020
4,074
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.0%
404 people · 1.2% a year
Households
936
+18.2% vs 792 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,670
Male / female
1,883 / 1,787
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
949
Children aged 0–6
440
Literacy rate
79.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
41 / 0
Working population
1,468
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
37.5%
Households
792
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
254
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
361
Non-farm households
349
Share of households farming, 2020
51%
Net sown area
22 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
22 / 22 / 6
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pipulberia-Ii panchayat, Tamluk 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
₹26.48 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹44.38 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹47.19 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.68 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.77 lakh · received ₹18.28 lakh · spent ₹18.50 lakh · left ₹9.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.72 lakh · received ₹26.10 lakh · spent ₹28.68 lakh · left ₹14.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3423, 87.8957 —
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