Basahi
Salkhua block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852126
· village code 226663
Population 2011
1,351
Census of India
Population 2020
1,665
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.2%
314 people · 2.3% a year
Households
242
+16.9% vs 207 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,351
Male / female
702 / 649
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
925
Children aged 0–6
327
Literacy rate
23.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
932 / 0
Working population
620
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.6%
Households
207
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
230
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
58
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
180
Non-farm households
45
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
135 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
135 / 135 / 24
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chanan panchayat, Salkhua 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
₹87.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹22.43 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹34.48 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹75.68 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.49 lakh · received ₹8.94 lakh · spent ₹21.08 lakh · left ₹13.35 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹62.25 lakh · received ₹13.49 lakh · spent ₹13.40 lakh · left ₹62.34 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6757, 86.5854 —
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