Basantpur
Araria block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854311
· village code 221837
Population 2011
12,499
Census of India
Population 2020
13,605
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.8%
1,106 people · 0.9% a year
Households
2,553
+5.0% vs 2,431 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
12,499
Male / female
6,482 / 6,017
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
928
Children aged 0–6
2,985
Literacy rate
36.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
7 / 0
Working population
3,836
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.6%
Households
2,431
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
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
1,252
Teachers
42
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,312
Non-farm households
410
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
54 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
54 / 30 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basantpur panchayat, Araria 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
₹39.41 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.24 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹53.70 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.15 lakh · received ₹8.46 lakh · spent ₹19.48 lakh · left ₹1.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹27.26 lakh · received ₹12.78 lakh · spent ₹34.22 lakh · left ₹5.82 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1325, 87.4662 —
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