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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
REKHA BAGTI
Contact: 86****7435
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- LGD code
- 329813
- Pincode
- 723213
- Post office
- Jiudaru
- Population
- 391
- Households
- 62
- Literacy rate
- 42.7%
- Sex ratio
- 889 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 102
Census 2011 · in context
How Banshgar compares
By population, Banshgar ranks #91 of 112 villages in Jaipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.7%
−5.4% vs mandal average
- Banshgar
- 42.7%
- Jaipur mandal
- 48.1%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
889
−45 vs mandal average
- Banshgar
- 889
- Jaipur mandal
- 934
Household size
people per home
6.3
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Banshgar
- 6.3
- Jaipur mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Banshgar at a glance
Banshgar is a village of 391 people in 62 households (Census 2011) in Jaipur block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 91st-largest of 112 villages in Jaipur block. Literacy is 43%, 5 points below the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 889 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 723213, served by Jiudaru post office; the LGD village code is 329813. The sarpanch is REKHA BAGTI. The population is estimated at 461 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Banshgar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 83.95
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 16.95
- Forest area (ha)
- 31.48
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Banshgar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Banshgar
- LGD code
- 329813
- Pincode
- 723213
- Post office
- Jiudaru
- Population (Census 2011)
- 391
- Population (projected 2026)
- 461
- Households
- 62
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 889
- Literacy rate
- 42.7%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- REKHA BAGTI
- Block / Mandal
- Jaipur
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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