Bankat Main Chak
Raghunathpur block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841504
· village code 232516
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 756 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 10,038 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
756
Male / female
371 / 385
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,038
Children aged 0–6
139
Literacy rate
39.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
151 / 0
Working population
163
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.7%
Households
105
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
75
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
120
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
47 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
47 / 47 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Narhan panchayat, Raghunathpur 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
₹19.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.15 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹26.44 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.76 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.42 lakh · received ₹6.03 lakh · spent ₹14.07 lakh · left ₹1.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.63 lakh · received ₹9.11 lakh · spent ₹12.37 lakh · left ₹6.37 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9820, 84.2642 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Siwan district ·
School
staffing across Siwan ·
…and across Bihar