Arraha
Forbesganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854318
· village code 221536
Population 2011
6,615
Census of India
Population 2020
8,690
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+31.4%
2,075 people · 3.1% a year
Households
1,565
+20.3% vs 1,301 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,615
Male / female
3,502 / 3,113
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
889
Children aged 0–6
1,423
Literacy rate
44.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,961 / 215
Working population
2,774
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.6%
Households
1,301
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
895
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
60
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
598
Non-farm households
400
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Arraha panchayat, Forbesganj 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
₹29.89 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.79 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.49 lakh · received ₹6.69 lakh · spent ₹5.32 lakh · left ₹2.86 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.40 lakh · received ₹10.10 lakh · spent ₹13.83 lakh · left ₹24.67 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2883, 87.2588 —
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