Sauraha
Paniyara block · Maharajganj
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 273165
· village code 184698
Population 2011
3,438
Census of India
Population 2020
4,156
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.9%
718 people · 2.1% a year
Households
722
+38.3% vs 522 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,438
Male / female
1,858 / 1,580
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
850
Children aged 0–6
561
Literacy rate
55.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
577 / 0
Working population
1,526
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
60.8%
Households
522
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
189
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
661
Non-farm households
61
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
161 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
161 / 161 / 31
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sorha panchayat, Paniyara 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
₹3.38 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.27 lakh
Received directly
₹12,744
Spent
₹10.73 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.05 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹34,427 · received ₹4.91 lakh · spent ₹5.07 lakh · left ₹30,925
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.04 lakh · received ₹7.36 lakh · spent ₹5.66 lakh · left ₹4.74 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.9730, 83.3759 —
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