Barwa
Motihari block · Purbi Champaran
district, Bihar · PIN 845302
· village code 217926
Population 2011
4,810
Census of India
Population 2020
5,405
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.4%
595 people · 1.3% a year
Households
1,469
+40.2% vs 1,048 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,810
Male / female
2,568 / 2,242
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
873
Children aged 0–6
849
Literacy rate
49.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
586 / 6
Working population
1,931
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.3%
Households
1,048
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
498
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
42
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
105
Non-farm households
155
Share of households farming, 2020
40%
Net sown area
113 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
113 / 61 / 94
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Barwa panchayat, Motihari 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
₹33.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹22.26 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹54.50 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.50 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.46 lakh · received ₹8.87 lakh · spent ₹22.29 lakh · left ₹1.04 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.27 lakh · received ₹13.39 lakh · spent ₹32.21 lakh · left ₹45,162
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.7552, 84.9774 —
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