Karhara
Benipatti block · Madhubani
district, Bihar · PIN 847223
· village code 220294
Population 2011
5,665
Census of India
Population 2020
4,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-29.4%
-1,665 people · -3.8% a year
Households
600
-47.1% vs 1,134 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,665
Male / female
2,958 / 2,707
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
915
Children aged 0–6
1,094
Literacy rate
41.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
336 / 0
Working population
1,939
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.2%
Households
1,134
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
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
220
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
44
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
500
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karhara panchayat, Benipatti 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
₹38.09 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.04 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹48.67 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.45 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.07 lakh · received ₹7.98 lakh · spent ₹15.62 lakh · left ₹5.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.02 lakh · received ₹12.05 lakh · spent ₹33.06 lakh · left ₹4.02 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.4685, 85.8452 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Madhubani ·
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