Banshthan
Mahrajganj block · Azamgarh
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 276139
· village code 192670
Population 2011
835
Census of India
Population 2020
1,215
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+45.5%
380 people · 4.3% a year
Households
121
+1.7% vs 119 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
835
Male / female
450 / 385
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
856
Children aged 0–6
98
Literacy rate
67.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
237 / 0
Working population
213
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
10.8%
Households
119
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
56
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
111
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
58 / 60 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bansthan panchayat, Mahrajganj 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
₹7.94 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.73 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹14.63 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4,081
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.84 lakh · received ₹2.69 lakh · spent ₹10.52 lakh · left ₹1,244
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10,168 · received ₹4.04 lakh · spent ₹4.11 lakh · left ₹2,837
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2520, 82.9816 —
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