Mochhpa Kauni

Parihar block · Sitamarhi district, Bihar · PIN 843324 · village code 219139

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 6,849 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,731 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

6,849

Male / female

3,588 / 3,261

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

909

Children aged 0–6

1,545

Literacy rate

35.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

404 / 0

Working population

1,850

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

63.8%

Households

1,207

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water nearest 5 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

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

330

Teachers

Students per teacher

110

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

256

Non-farm households

170

Share of households farming, 2020

60%

Net sown area

180 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

180 / 51 / 26

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Bela Machhpakauni panchayat, Parihar 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

₹76.26 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹21.86 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹64.46 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹33.66 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹19.53 lakh · received ₹8.71 lakh · spent ₹6.37 lakh · left ₹21.87 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹56.73 lakh · received ₹13.15 lakh · spent ₹58.10 lakh · left ₹11.78 lakh

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

Location

26.7207, 85.6916 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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