Basantpur
Kishanganj block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855107
· village code 222966
Population 2011
395
Census of India
Population 2020
440
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.4%
45 people · 1.2% a year
Households
89
+27.1% vs 70 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
395
Male / female
212 / 183
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
863
Children aged 0–6
124
Literacy rate
43.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
86
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.3%
Households
70
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
Internet
No
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
52
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
70
Non-farm households
17
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 40 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Daula panchayat, Kishanganj 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
₹28.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹24.19 lakh
Received directly
₹54,054
Spent
₹50.22 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.75 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.78 lakh · received ₹9.64 lakh · spent ₹21.88 lakh · left ₹1.86 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.46 lakh · received ₹14.55 lakh · spent ₹28.33 lakh · left ₹89,714
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0541, 87.8859 —
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