Bastaul
Pranpur block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 854116
· village code 225350
Population 2011
2,394
Census of India
Population 2020
3,598
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+50.3%
1,204 people · 4.6% a year
Households
604
+18.7% vs 509 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,394
Male / female
1,258 / 1,136
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
903
Children aged 0–6
438
Literacy rate
45.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
409 / 2
Working population
923
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.1%
Households
509
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
404
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
130 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
121 / 130 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bastaul panchayat, Pranpur 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
₹50.03 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.62 lakh
Received directly
₹1.20 lakh
Spent
₹48.48 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.37 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.01 lakh · received ₹7.42 lakh · spent ₹24.25 lakh · left ₹38,813
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.02 lakh · received ₹11.20 lakh · spent ₹24.24 lakh · left ₹20.98 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5135, 87.6660 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Katihar district ·
School
staffing across Katihar ·
…and across Bihar