Maricha
Supaul block · Supaul
district, Bihar · PIN 852130
· village code 221364
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,472 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 5,239 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,472
Male / female
781 / 691
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
885
Children aged 0–6
233
Literacy rate
52.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
374 / 2
Working population
668
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.6%
Households
302
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
125
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
107
Non-farm households
58
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 30 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gopalpur Sire 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
₹35.90 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.58 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹42.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.71 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.36 lakh · received ₹6.61 lakh · spent ₹25.10 lakh · left ₹1.87 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.54 lakh · received ₹9.97 lakh · spent ₹17.67 lakh · left ₹7.84 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1252, 86.6049 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Supaul district ·
School
staffing across Supaul ·
…and across Bihar