Bankati

Baikunthpur block · Gopalganj district, Bihar · PIN 841409 · village code 231234

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 5,254 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,650 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

5,254

Male / female

2,680 / 2,574

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

960

Children aged 0–6

914

Literacy rate

58.2%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

576 / 4

Working population

1,248

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

83.3%

Households

846

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi nearest 2 km away

Internet

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

150

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

300

Non-farm households

150

Share of households farming, 2020

67%

Net sown area

180 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

0 / 180 / 72

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Khara Azam panchayat, Baikunthpur 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

₹31.28 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹15.93 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹31.89 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹15.32 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹13.31 lakh · received ₹6.35 lakh · spent ₹14.51 lakh · left ₹5.15 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹17.97 lakh · received ₹9.58 lakh · spent ₹17.38 lakh · left ₹10.18 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

26.2703, 84.7336 — view on OpenStreetMap

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