Nagwas
Benipatti block · Madhubani
district, Bihar · PIN 847222
· village code 220323
Population 2011
5,305
Census of India
Population 2020
8,105
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+52.8%
2,800 people · 4.8% a year
Households
2,252
+135.3% vs 957 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,305
Male / female
2,743 / 2,562
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
934
Children aged 0–6
976
Literacy rate
44.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
767 / 12
Working population
1,987
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.7%
Households
957
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
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
705
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
78
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,546
Non-farm households
576
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 95 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nagbas 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
₹21.93 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.16 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹28.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.03 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.63 lakh · received ₹7.24 lakh · spent ₹14.82 lakh · left ₹10.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.29 lakh · received ₹10.92 lakh · spent ₹13.24 lakh · left ₹1.98 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.4324, 85.8988 —
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