Basani

Baragaon block · Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 221204 · village code 208486

Population 2011

9,421

Census of India

Population 2020

11,520

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+22.3%

2,099 people · 2.3% a year

Households

1,658

+20.4% vs 1,377 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

9,421

Male / female

4,896 / 4,525

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

924

Children aged 0–6

1,278

Literacy rate

64.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

886 / 38

Working population

3,543

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

43.4%

Households

1,377

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi nearest 5 km away

Internet

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

175

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,602

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

97%

Net sown area

230 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

200 / 230 / 20

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Basani panchayat, Baragaon 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

₹19.27 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹32.58 lakh

Received directly

₹20.00 lakh

Spent

₹43.63 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹28.22 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹30,349 · received ₹13.03 lakh · spent ₹8.40 lakh · left ₹4.94 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹18.97 lakh · received ₹19.55 lakh · spent ₹35.23 lakh · left ₹23.28 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.3510, 82.9623 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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