Basantpur
Goriakothi block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841439
· village code 231616
Population 2011
4,506
Census of India
Population 2020
6,663
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+47.9%
2,157 people · 4.4% a year
Households
872
+24.6% vs 700 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,506
Male / female
2,325 / 2,181
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
938
Children aged 0–6
787
Literacy rate
60.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
129 / 0
Working population
1,342
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.0%
Households
700
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
115
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
700
Non-farm households
172
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
135 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
75 / 135 / 45
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sani Basantpur panchayat, Goreakothi 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
₹26.85 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.15 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹35.24 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.76 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.72 lakh · received ₹6.44 lakh · spent ₹15.46 lakh · left ₹7.69 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.13 lakh · received ₹9.72 lakh · spent ₹19.78 lakh · left ₹6,606
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2149, 84.5340 —
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