Bankat
Kesaria block · Purbi Champaran
district, Bihar · PIN 845423
· village code 218215
Population 2011
1,799
Census of India
Population 2020
1,856
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.2%
57 people · 0.3% a year
Households
404
+3.6% vs 390 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,799
Male / female
955 / 844
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
884
Children aged 0–6
341
Literacy rate
52.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
430 / 4
Working population
675
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.7%
Households
390
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
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
186
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
156
Non-farm households
129
Share of households farming, 2020
55%
Net sown area
198 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
198 / 98 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhekahan panchayat, Kesaria 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
₹9.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.25 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹14.95 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.98 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.35 lakh · received ₹4.88 lakh · spent ₹7.99 lakh · left ₹5.24 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.32 lakh · received ₹7.37 lakh · spent ₹6.96 lakh · left ₹1.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3423, 84.8667 —
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