Parsa

Ghoghardiha block · Madhubani district, Bihar · PIN 847402 · village code 220744

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 16,704 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 5,904 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

16,704

Male / female

8,704 / 8,000

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

919

Children aged 0–6

2,964

Literacy rate

48.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

716 / 0

Working population

6,072

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

84.3%

Households

3,244

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 1 km away

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water nearest 1 km away

All-weather road nearest 2 km away

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 1 km away

Anganwadi nearest 1 km away

Internet

Common service centre

No CSC

Farming

Farm households

394

Non-farm households

288

Share of households farming, 2020

58%

Net sown area

189 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

189 / 90 / 129

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Parsa (S) panchayat, Ghoghardiha 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

₹28.79 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹13.64 lakh

Received directly

₹2.71 lakh

Spent

₹31.24 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹13.90 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹5.56 lakh · received ₹5.43 lakh · spent ₹9.66 lakh · left ₹4.04 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹23.24 lakh · received ₹8.20 lakh · spent ₹21.58 lakh · left ₹9.86 lakh

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

Location

26.2883, 86.4549 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Madhubani district · School staffing across Madhubani · …and across Bihar