Khairwa
Riga block · Sitamarhi
district, Bihar · PIN 843327
· village code 219353
Population 2011
2,701
Census of India
Population 2020
3,242
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.0%
541 people · 2.0% a year
Households
628
+21.5% vs 517 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,701
Male / female
1,455 / 1,246
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
856
Children aged 0–6
516
Literacy rate
40.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
464 / 0
Working population
729
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.9%
Households
517
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
331
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
47
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
360
Non-farm households
160
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
160 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
160 / 160 / 60
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Posua Patania panchayat, Riga 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
₹22.02 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.35 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹30.24 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.13 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.86 lakh · received ₹6.51 lakh · spent ₹18.28 lakh · left ₹9,205
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.17 lakh · received ₹9.83 lakh · spent ₹11.96 lakh · left ₹8.04 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.6667, 85.4292 —
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How this village compares
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