Basandah
Kadwa block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 855113
· village code 224687
Population 2011
660
Census of India
Population 2020
798
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.9%
138 people · 2.1% a year
Households
113
+2.7% vs 110 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
660
Male / female
342 / 318
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
930
Children aged 0–6
144
Literacy rate
21.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
163
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.8%
Households
110
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
137
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
79
Non-farm households
34
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Belon panchayat, Kadwa 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
₹25.02 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.31 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹30.03 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.30 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.66 lakh · received ₹6.90 lakh · spent ₹14.99 lakh · left ₹2.57 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.36 lakh · received ₹10.41 lakh · spent ₹15.04 lakh · left ₹9.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6036, 87.7319 —
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