Basu
Vadgam block · Banas Kantha
district, Gujarat · PIN 385520
· village code 508038
Population 2011
13,247
Census of India
Population 2020
16,103
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.6%
2,856 people · 2.2% a year
Households
3,000
+28.9% vs 2,328 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
13,247
Male / female
6,716 / 6,531
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
972
Children aged 0–6
2,029
Literacy rate
69.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
682 / 389
Working population
4,269
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
55.4%
Households
2,328
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
227
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2,500
Non-farm households
500
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
540 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
480 / 540 / 130
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basu panchayat, Vadgam 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
₹1.31 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹50.71 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.54 crore
Unspent at year end
₹26.93 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹48.81 lakh · received ₹20.29 lakh · spent ₹64.30 lakh · left ₹4.80 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹81.83 lakh · received ₹30.43 lakh · spent ₹90.12 lakh · left ₹22.13 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0541, 72.3158 —
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