Behta
Sonbarsa block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852129
· village code 226542
Population 2011
4,852
Census of India
Population 2020
5,964
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.9%
1,112 people · 2.3% a year
Households
540
-37.6% vs 865 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,852
Male / female
2,425 / 2,427
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,001
Children aged 0–6
1,073
Literacy rate
41.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,791 / 0
Working population
2,014
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.0%
Households
865
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
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
215
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
378
Non-farm households
162
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
177 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
176 / 172 / 177
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dehad panchayat, Sonbarsa 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
₹69.46 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.07 lakh
Received directly
₹47,901
Spent
₹38.57 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹48.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.37 lakh · received ₹6.80 lakh · spent ₹22.55 lakh · left ₹7.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹47.10 lakh · received ₹10.27 lakh · spent ₹16.02 lakh · left ₹41.34 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7117, 86.6916 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Saharsa ·
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