Dargahiganj
Narpatganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854335
· village code 221517
Population 2011
3,316
Census of India
Population 2020
4,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.6%
684 people · 2.1% a year
Households
800
+18.9% vs 673 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,316
Male / female
1,751 / 1,565
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
894
Children aged 0–6
563
Literacy rate
46.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
617 / 6
Working population
1,393
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.8%
Households
673
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
340
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
538
Non-farm households
217
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
285 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
280 / 275 / 285
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dargahiganj panchayat, Narpatganj 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
₹69.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.96 lakh
Received directly
₹3.39 lakh
Spent
₹44.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹43.52 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹32.41 lakh · received ₹6.36 lakh · spent ₹20.76 lakh · left ₹21.40 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.64 lakh · received ₹9.60 lakh · spent ₹24.12 lakh · left ₹22.12 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3063, 87.1317 —
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