Basmatiya
Narpatganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854336
· village code 221486
Population 2011
10,756
Census of India
Population 2020
16,550
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+53.9%
5,794 people · 4.9% a year
Households
2,350
+18.3% vs 1,986 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
10,756
Male / female
5,571 / 5,185
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
931
Children aged 0–6
2,195
Literacy rate
50.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,507 / 18
Working population
4,233
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.6%
Households
1,986
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
700
Teachers
25
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,450
Non-farm households
900
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
475 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
475 / 395 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basmatiya panchayat, Narpatganj 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
₹41.01 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.82 lakh
Received directly
₹88,160
Spent
₹25.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.02 lakh · received ₹6.70 lakh · spent ₹21.98 lakh · left ₹13.62 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.00 lakh · received ₹10.12 lakh · spent ₹3.35 lakh · left ₹19.76 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3063, 87.2523 —
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How this village compares
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