Taraya
Chiraigaon block · Varanasi
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 221007
· village code 209606
Population 2011
2,132
Census of India
Population 2020
2,321
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.9%
189 people · 0.9% a year
Households
343
+8.9% vs 315 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,132
Male / female
1,148 / 984
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
857
Children aged 0–6
324
Literacy rate
60.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
513 / 10
Working population
1,013
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.9%
Households
315
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
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
134
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
155
Non-farm households
68
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
64 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
62 / 64 / 3
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Taraya panchayat, Chiraigaon 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
₹4.81 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.79 lakh
Received directly
₹38,037
Spent
₹11.58 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.53 lakh · received ₹3.12 lakh · spent ₹4.62 lakh · left ₹40,601
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.28 lakh · received ₹4.67 lakh · spent ₹6.96 lakh · left ₹98,877
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3700, 83.0436 —
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