Basantpur
Arajiline block · Varanasi
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 221405
· village code 209275
Population 2011
475
Census of India
Population 2020
600
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.3%
125 people · 2.6% a year
Households
90
+26.8% vs 71 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
475
Male / female
245 / 230
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
939
Children aged 0–6
61
Literacy rate
69.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
65 / 0
Working population
134
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
49.3%
Households
71
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
123
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
48
Non-farm households
21
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
78 / 80 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basantpur panchayat, Arajiline 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
₹3.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.77 lakh
Received directly
₹2.84 lakh
Spent
₹11.64 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.99 lakh · received ₹3.11 lakh · spent ₹5.41 lakh · left ₹69,448
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24,653 · received ₹4.66 lakh · spent ₹6.23 lakh · left ₹1.52 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3333, 82.8303 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Varanasi district ·
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staffing across Varanasi ·
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