Basao
Itarhi block · Buxar
district, Bihar · PIN 802129
· village code 248801
Population 2011
4,488
Census of India
Population 2020
5,550
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.7%
1,062 people · 2.4% a year
Households
856
+35.9% vs 630 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,488
Male / female
2,351 / 2,137
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
909
Children aged 0–6
868
Literacy rate
57.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
735 / 85
Working population
1,376
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.7%
Households
630
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
220
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
500
Non-farm households
350
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
5 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
5 / 4 / 3
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basao Kala panchayat, Itarhi 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
₹19.00 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.39 lakh
Received directly
₹53,709
Spent
₹33.43 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.50 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.73 lakh · received ₹7.73 lakh · spent ₹21.29 lakh · left ₹43,104
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.27 lakh · received ₹11.67 lakh · spent ₹12.14 lakh · left ₹5.07 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3874, 84.1039 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Buxar district ·
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staffing across Buxar ·
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