Basmahpur Agarwa
Motihari block · Purbi Champaran
district, Bihar · PIN 845401
· village code 217965
Population 2011
1,646
Census of India
Population 2020
1,876
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.0%
230 people · 1.5% a year
Households
341
+7.2% vs 318 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,646
Male / female
874 / 772
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
883
Children aged 0–6
350
Literacy rate
39.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
553 / 0
Working population
378
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.2%
Households
318
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
512
Teachers
13
Students per teacher
39
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
308
Non-farm households
33
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
70 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 38 / 59
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gorhwa panchayat, Motihari 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
₹68.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.96 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹73.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.84 lakh · received ₹6.36 lakh · spent ₹23.15 lakh · left ₹1.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹50.67 lakh · received ₹9.60 lakh · spent ₹50.17 lakh · left ₹10.10 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.6486, 84.9117 —
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