Mankerwa

Phenhara block · Purbi Champaran district, Bihar · PIN 845430 · village code 218549

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,534 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 42,292 — 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

3,534

Male / female

1,903 / 1,631

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

857

Children aged 0–6

721

Literacy rate

29.2%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

299 / 6

Working population

1,147

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

73.2%

Households

682

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Separately located

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

489

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

512

Non-farm households

307

Share of households farming, 2020

63%

Net sown area

154 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

154 / 101 / 11

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Mankarwa panchayat, Phenhara 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

₹30.25 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹18.63 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹19.85 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹29.02 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹12.95 lakh · received ₹7.42 lakh · spent ₹4.49 lakh · left ₹15.88 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹17.30 lakh · received ₹11.21 lakh · spent ₹15.36 lakh · left ₹13.14 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.5965, 85.1294 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Purbi Champaran district · School staffing across Purbi Champaran · …and across Bihar