Basantapur
Ramnagar-I block · Medinipur East
district, West Bengal · PIN 721446
· village code 346905
Population 2011
1,364
Census of India
Population 2020
1,696
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+24.3%
332 people · 2.5% a year
Households
321
+11.1% vs 289 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,364
Male / female
682 / 682
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,000
Children aged 0–6
164
Literacy rate
75.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 3
Working population
481
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
38.7%
Households
289
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
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
88
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
217
Non-farm households
104
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
32 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
32 / 8 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basantapur panchayat, Ramnagar-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
₹56.15 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹68.58 lakh
Received directly
₹94,020
Spent
₹90.85 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.82 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.36 lakh · received ₹28.18 lakh · spent ₹32.02 lakh · left ₹14.46 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹38.79 lakh · received ₹40.39 lakh · spent ₹58.82 lakh · left ₹20.36 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.6577, 87.4917 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur East district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur East ·
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