Jamua
Sonbarsa block · Sitamarhi
district, Bihar · PIN 843317
· village code 219105
Population 2011
2,735
Census of India
Population 2020
5,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+82.8%
2,265 people · 6.9% a year
Households
988
+100.4% vs 493 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,735
Male / female
1,435 / 1,300
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
906
Children aged 0–6
583
Literacy rate
44.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
177 / 0
Working population
992
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.1%
Households
493
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
437
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
49
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
907
Non-farm households
81
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
98 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
98 / 96 / 50
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Madhiya panchayat, Sonbarsa 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
₹63.12 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.13 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹58.70 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.56 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.85 lakh · received ₹8.02 lakh · spent ₹23.17 lakh · left ₹69,729
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹47.28 lakh · received ₹12.11 lakh · spent ₹35.53 lakh · left ₹23.86 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5045, 85.5096 —
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