Bankatwa
Kotwa block · Purbi Champaran
district, Bihar · PIN 845417
· village code 218380
Population 2011
1,145
Census of India
Population 2020
2,050
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+79.0%
905 people · 6.7% a year
Households
505
+114.0% vs 236 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,145
Male / female
615 / 530
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
862
Children aged 0–6
198
Literacy rate
27.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
501
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.0%
Households
236
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
200
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
400
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 140 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Machargawa panchayat, Kotwa 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
₹50.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹26.31 lakh
Received directly
₹4,419
Spent
₹40.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹35.65 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.39 lakh · received ₹10.48 lakh · spent ₹27.10 lakh · left ₹3.82 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹29.66 lakh · received ₹15.83 lakh · spent ₹13.65 lakh · left ₹31.84 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5045, 84.8452 —
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