Basaul
Kusheshwar Asthan block · Darbhanga
district, Bihar · PIN 848213
· village code 227852
Population 2011
617
Census of India
Population 2020
642
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.0%
25 people · 0.4% a year
Households
182
+19.7% vs 152 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
617
Male / female
309 / 308
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
997
Children aged 0–6
123
Literacy rate
43.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
139 / 0
Working population
195
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
61.0%
Households
152
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
120
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
44%
Net sown area
55 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
55 / 45 / 18
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gothani panchayat, Kusheshwar Asthan 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
₹54.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.96 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹66.61 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.66 lakh · received ₹7.16 lakh · spent ₹33.20 lakh · left ₹2.62 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.58 lakh · received ₹10.80 lakh · spent ₹33.42 lakh · left ₹2.96 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8018, 86.2370 —
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population changes in Darbhanga district ·
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staffing across Darbhanga ·
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