Bankat
Sevapuri block · Varanasi
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 221403
· village code 209614
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,276 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,123 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,276
Male / female
1,172 / 1,104
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
942
Children aged 0–6
343
Literacy rate
62.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
788 / 0
Working population
804
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
31.3%
Households
329
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
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
82
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
90
Non-farm households
14
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
78 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
78 / 74 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bankat panchayat, Sevapuri 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
₹3.23 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.47 lakh
Received directly
₹1.82 lakh
Spent
₹11.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5,823
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.36 lakh · received ₹2.59 lakh · spent ₹4.91 lakh · left ₹3,288
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹87,546 · received ₹3.88 lakh · spent ₹6.55 lakh · left ₹2,535
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3333, 82.6908 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Varanasi district ·
School
staffing across Varanasi ·
…and across Uttar Pradesh