Basantpur
Basantpur block · Supaul
district, Bihar · PIN 854340
· village code 220946
Population 2011
5,143
Census of India
Population 2020
6,238
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.3%
1,095 people · 2.2% a year
Households
1,485
+30.6% vs 1,137 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,143
Male / female
2,728 / 2,415
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
885
Children aged 0–6
880
Literacy rate
53.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,825 / 47
Working population
1,456
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
62.9%
Households
1,137
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
500
Non-farm households
350
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
213 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
213 / 142 / 35
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basantpur panchayat, Basantpur 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
₹83.86 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.99 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹39.50 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹64.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹31.88 lakh · received ₹7.97 lakh · spent ₹23.91 lakh · left ₹15.93 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹51.98 lakh · received ₹12.03 lakh · spent ₹15.59 lakh · left ₹48.42 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.4865, 87.0061 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Supaul district ·
School
staffing across Supaul ·
…and across Bihar