Basantpur
Behta block · Sitapur
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 261208
· village code 137979
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,621 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 4,702 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,621
Male / female
860 / 761
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
885
Children aged 0–6
317
Literacy rate
49.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
339 / 0
Working population
526
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.1%
Households
307
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
251
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
409
Non-farm households
23
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
140 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
123 / 140 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basantapur panchayat, Behta 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
₹0
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.13 lakh
Received directly
₹5.29 lakh
Spent
₹5.58 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.83 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹0 · received ₹3.65 lakh · spent ₹5.58 lakh · left ₹3.35 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹0 · received ₹5.48 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹5.48 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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