Araji Newada
Chiraigaon block · Varanasi
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 221104
· village code 209710
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 448 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 2,500 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
448
Male / female
233 / 215
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
923
Children aged 0–6
83
Literacy rate
48.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
422 / 0
Working population
150
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
35.3%
Households
88
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
400
Teachers
18
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 60 / 30
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gaurakala 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
₹7.65 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.20 lakh
Received directly
₹1.08 lakh
Spent
₹24.76 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.16 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹68,394 · received ₹8.48 lakh · spent ₹8.95 lakh · left ₹21,213
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.97 lakh · received ₹12.72 lakh · spent ₹15.81 lakh · left ₹4.95 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4414, 83.0841 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Varanasi district ·
School
staffing across Varanasi ·
…and across Uttar Pradesh