Basgaon
Azamnagar block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 855102
· village code 225324
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,101 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 25,550 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,101
Male / female
1,083 / 1,018
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
940
Children aged 0–6
454
Literacy rate
31.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
563
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.2%
Households
446
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
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
360
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
90
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
210
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
6 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
6 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jalki panchayat, Azamnagar 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
₹37.36 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.05 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹37.37 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.04 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.91 lakh · received ₹7.99 lakh · spent ₹58,208 · left ₹19.31 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.45 lakh · received ₹12.06 lakh · spent ₹36.78 lakh · left ₹72,597
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5495, 87.8521 —
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Nearby villages
Basantpur
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Katihar district ·
School
staffing across Katihar ·
…and across Bihar