Basanwara
Alamnagar block · Madhepura
district, Bihar · PIN 852219
· village code 226168
Population 2011
6,493
Census of India
Population 2020
6,432
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-0.9%
-61 people · -0.1% a year
Households
1,412
-0.8% vs 1,423 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,493
Male / female
3,440 / 3,053
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
888
Children aged 0–6
1,248
Literacy rate
35.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,397 / 26
Working population
2,111
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.5%
Households
1,423
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
512
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
64
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
503
Non-farm households
740
Share of households farming, 2020
40%
Net sown area
390 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
390 / 276 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basanbara panchayat, Alamnagar 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
₹20.02 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.07 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹31.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.18 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.00 lakh · received ₹6.80 lakh · spent ₹12.88 lakh · left ₹1.92 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.02 lakh · received ₹10.27 lakh · spent ₹19.03 lakh · left ₹3.26 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5696, 86.9041 —
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