Basantpur
Pindra block · Varanasi
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 221208
· village code 208614
Population 2011
3,439
Census of India
Population 2020
4,618
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+34.3%
1,179 people · 3.3% a year
Households
620
+22.1% vs 508 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,439
Male / female
1,763 / 1,676
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
951
Children aged 0–6
553
Literacy rate
58.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
675 / 8
Working population
1,128
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.7%
Households
508
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
175
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
431
Non-farm households
189
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
75 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
63 / 75 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basantpur panchayat, Pindra 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
₹9.41 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.57 lakh
Received directly
₹5.15 lakh
Spent
₹28.53 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹59,040
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.80 lakh · received ₹5.83 lakh · spent ₹9.40 lakh · left ₹40,259
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.61 lakh · received ₹8.74 lakh · spent ₹19.13 lakh · left ₹18,781
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4281, 82.8645 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Varanasi district ·
School
staffing across Varanasi ·
…and across Uttar Pradesh