Bhatsalia
Egra-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721448
· village code 346727
Population 2011
1,231
Census of India
Population 2020
1,383
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.3%
152 people · 1.3% a year
Households
316
+25.9% vs 251 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,231
Male / female
649 / 582
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
897
Children aged 0–6
125
Literacy rate
74.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 11
Working population
426
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.0%
Households
251
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 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
132
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
190
Non-farm households
126
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
26 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
26 / 17 / 3
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rishibankimchandra panchayat, Egra-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
₹58.26 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹90.81 lakh
Received directly
₹1.22 lakh
Spent
₹99.65 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹50.63 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.09 lakh · received ₹37.32 lakh · spent ₹40.02 lakh · left ₹18.60 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹38.17 lakh · received ₹53.49 lakh · spent ₹59.63 lakh · left ₹32.03 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.0753, 87.2787 —
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