Basalgaon

Barsoi block · Katihar district, Bihar · PIN 854317 · village code 225093

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,387 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 500 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

2,387

Male / female

1,248 / 1,139

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

913

Children aged 0–6

492

Literacy rate

34.4%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

399 / 76

Working population

904

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

79.2%

Households

434

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

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

250

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

71%

Net sown area

100 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

88 / 100 / 38

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Basalgaon panchayat, Barsoi 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

₹48.77 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹20.46 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹55.63 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹13.59 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹9.88 lakh · received ₹8.15 lakh · spent ₹17.73 lakh · left ₹30,365

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹38.89 lakh · received ₹12.31 lakh · spent ₹37.91 lakh · left ₹13.28 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.6937, 88.0181 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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