Mahishagot
Deshapran block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721450
· village code 346391
Population 2011
1,278
Census of India
Population 2020
1,360
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.4%
82 people · 0.7% a year
Households
285
+4.0% vs 274 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,278
Male / female
660 / 618
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
936
Children aged 0–6
161
Literacy rate
74.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
9 / 0
Working population
463
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
57.9%
Households
274
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 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
50
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
25
Non-farm households
215
Share of households farming, 2020
10%
Net sown area
29 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
29 / 2 / 3
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bamunia panchayat, Deshapran 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
₹63.70 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹80.62 lakh
Received directly
₹1.13 lakh
Spent
₹1.04 crore
Unspent at year end
₹41.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.89 lakh · received ₹33.13 lakh · spent ₹38.21 lakh · left ₹16.94 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹42.81 lakh · received ₹47.49 lakh · spent ₹65.30 lakh · left ₹25.00 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.8198, 87.7458 —
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