Basti
Chehrakala block · Vaishali
district, Bihar · PIN 843102
· village code 235080
Population 2011
2,492
Census of India
Population 2020
2,930
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.6%
438 people · 1.8% a year
Households
480
+6.4% vs 451 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,492
Male / female
1,158 / 1,334
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,152
Children aged 0–6
486
Literacy rate
47.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
710 / 3
Working population
422
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
55.0%
Households
451
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
310
Non-farm households
170
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 60 / 24
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basti Sarsikan panchayat, Chehrakala 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
₹7.31 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.51 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹21.70 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.54 lakh · received ₹6.98 lakh · spent ₹7.66 lakh · left ₹85,405
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.77 lakh · received ₹10.53 lakh · spent ₹14.04 lakh · left ₹2.27 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8559, 85.4555 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Vaishali district ·
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staffing across Vaishali ·
…and across Bihar