Maricha

Supaul block · Supaul district, Bihar · PIN 852131 · village code 221322

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 4,349 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,500 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

4,349

Male / female

2,263 / 2,086

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

922

Children aged 0–6

1,031

Literacy rate

39.0%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

367 / 0

Working population

1,240

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

92.9%

Households

912

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water nearest 2 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

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

500

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

130

Non-farm households

230

Share of households farming, 2020

36%

Net sown area

300 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

300 / 100 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Karnpur panchayat, Supaul 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

₹95.35 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹18.16 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹83.66 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹29.84 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹28.07 lakh · received ₹7.23 lakh · spent ₹34.69 lakh · left ₹61,688

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹67.28 lakh · received ₹10.92 lakh · spent ₹48.98 lakh · left ₹29.22 lakh

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

Location

25.7894, 87.4811 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

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