Basahia
Sonbarsa block · Sitamarhi
district, Bihar · PIN 843317
· village code 219084
Population 2011
4,447
Census of India
Population 2020
5,675
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.6%
1,228 people · 2.7% a year
Households
935
+2.4% vs 913 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,447
Male / female
2,356 / 2,091
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
888
Children aged 0–6
891
Literacy rate
39.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
462 / 0
Working population
1,102
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.1%
Households
913
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
348
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
58
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
652
Non-farm households
145
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
263 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
263 / 232 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dostiya panchayat, Sonbarsa 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
₹37.08 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.87 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹39.51 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.91 lakh · received ₹7.92 lakh · spent ₹9.40 lakh · left ₹17.43 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.17 lakh · received ₹11.95 lakh · spent ₹30.12 lakh · left ₹572
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.7748, 85.5709 —
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