Kharka Basant
Bokhra block · Sitamarhi district, Bihar · PIN 843318 · village code 219788
Population 2011
16,018
Census of India
Population 2020
12,652
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-21.0%
-3,366 people · -2.6% a year
Households
2,490
-29.1% vs 3,513 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
16,018
Male / female
8,382 / 7,636
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
911
Children aged 0–6
2,987
Literacy rate
45.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,848 / 2
Working population
4,220
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.8%
Households
3,513
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Kharka Basant Dakshini panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
500
Teachers
11
Students per teacher
46
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
160
Non-farm households
80
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
400 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
400 / 400 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Location
26.3604, 85.6240 — view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Khairwan Malahi · Khap Khopraha urf Gobraha · Kharka · Kharka · Kharsan · Khopa · Khoria · Khuksi