Basant Jahanabad
Lalganj block · Vaishali
district, Bihar · PIN 844121
· village code 234767
Population 2011
5,637
Census of India
Population 2020
5,760
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.2%
123 people · 0.2% a year
Households
1,043
+5.0% vs 993 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,637
Male / female
3,075 / 2,562
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
833
Children aged 0–6
806
Literacy rate
59.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
885 / 1
Working population
1,700
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
55.9%
Households
993
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
220
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
37
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
730
Non-farm households
313
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 50 / 12
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basanta Jahanabad panchayat, Lalganj 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
₹22.68 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.38 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹26.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.19 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.93 lakh · received ₹6.13 lakh · spent ₹10.01 lakh · left ₹7.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.75 lakh · received ₹9.25 lakh · spent ₹16.87 lakh · left ₹4.13 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8739, 85.1681 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Vaishali district ·
School
staffing across Vaishali ·
…and across Bihar