Bhanta Pokhar
Siwan block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841226
· village code 231336
Population 2011
3,986
Census of India
Population 2020
4,486
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.5%
500 people · 1.3% a year
Households
875
+58.5% vs 552 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,986
Male / female
2,051 / 1,935
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
943
Children aged 0–6
741
Literacy rate
55.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
369 / 278
Working population
911
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
42.5%
Households
552
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
150
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
700
Non-farm households
175
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
197 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
197 / 193 / 11
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhanta Pokhar panchayat, Siwan 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
₹79.14 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.63 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹74.12 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.65 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹33.66 lakh · received ₹7.03 lakh · spent ₹31.89 lakh · left ₹8.80 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹45.47 lakh · received ₹10.61 lakh · spent ₹42.23 lakh · left ₹13.85 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2162, 84.2724 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Siwan ·
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