Bani
Shankarpur block · Madhepura
district, Bihar · PIN 852128
· village code 225904
Population 2011
942
Census of India
Population 2020
1,021
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.4%
79 people · 0.9% a year
Households
210
+17.3% vs 179 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
942
Male / female
488 / 454
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
930
Children aged 0–6
131
Literacy rate
54.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
231 / 1
Working population
437
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.8%
Households
179
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
208
Teachers
101
Students per teacher
2
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
196
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
110 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 110 / 1
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rampur Lahi panchayat, Shankarpur 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
₹14.64 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.56 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹30.53 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.66 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10,704 · received ₹7.00 lakh · spent ₹6.57 lakh · left ₹53,787
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.53 lakh · received ₹10.56 lakh · spent ₹23.97 lakh · left ₹1.13 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0180, 86.8765 —
view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Bairbana
compare · Bakhri
compare · Balam
compare · Bancholha
compare · Barahi
compare · Barahi
compare · Barateni
compare · Bardaha
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Madhepura district ·
School
staffing across Madhepura ·
…and across Bihar