Balthara
Basantpur block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841406
· village code 231702
Population 2011
3,226
Census of India
Population 2020
3,850
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.3%
624 people · 2.0% a year
Households
590
+19.2% vs 495 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,226
Male / female
1,627 / 1,599
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
983
Children aged 0–6
612
Literacy rate
53.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
760 / 1
Working population
909
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.5%
Households
495
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
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
300
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
440
Non-farm households
135
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 40 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rajapur panchayat, Basantpur 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
₹43.02 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.58 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹42.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.00 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.19 lakh · received ₹7.00 lakh · spent ₹20.10 lakh · left ₹15.09 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.83 lakh · received ₹10.57 lakh · spent ₹22.50 lakh · left ₹2.91 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1883, 84.6851 —
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