Basant
Hanuman Nagar block · Darbhanga
district, Bihar · PIN 846003
· village code 227497
Population 2011
4,097
Census of India
Population 2020
4,248
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.7%
151 people · 0.4% a year
Households
700
-18.9% vs 863 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,097
Male / female
2,162 / 1,935
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
895
Children aged 0–6
784
Literacy rate
37.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
416 / 0
Working population
1,514
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.4%
Households
863
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
568
Teachers
11
Students per teacher
52
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
524
Non-farm households
176
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
140 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
120 / 140 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gorhalla panchayat, Hanuman Nagar 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
₹15.50 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.40 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹25.37 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.56 lakh · received ₹6.14 lakh · spent ₹10.14 lakh · left ₹2.55 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.95 lakh · received ₹9.26 lakh · spent ₹15.23 lakh · left ₹2.98 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0541, 85.8001 —
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