Basian
Raiganj block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733156
· village code 309628
Population 2011
2,903
Census of India
Population 2020
4,560
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+57.1%
1,657 people · 5.1% a year
Households
826
+30.5% vs 633 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,903
Male / female
1,466 / 1,437
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
980
Children aged 0–6
365
Literacy rate
53.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,271 / 219
Working population
1,182
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.8%
Households
633
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
156
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
560
Non-farm households
246
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
185 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
185 / 100 / 38
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mahipur panchayat, Raiganj 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
₹72.56 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹93.91 lakh
Received directly
₹21,922
Spent
₹1.18 crore
Unspent at year end
₹48.29 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30.69 lakh · received ₹38.64 lakh · spent ₹46.64 lakh · left ₹22.90 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹41.88 lakh · received ₹55.28 lakh · spent ₹71.77 lakh · left ₹25.39 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6216, 88.1248 —
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