Eidgah
Forbesganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854318
· village code 221548
Population 2011
2,902
Census of India
Population 2020
3,386
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.7%
484 people · 1.7% a year
Households
483
-15.0% vs 568 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,902
Male / female
1,461 / 1,441
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
986
Children aged 0–6
611
Literacy rate
34.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,161 / 0
Working population
1,209
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.0%
Households
568
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
338
Non-farm households
145
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 100 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhol Baja 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
₹77.74 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹24.67 lakh
Received directly
₹96,685
Spent
₹70.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹24.34 lakh · received ₹9.83 lakh · spent ₹18.66 lakh · left ₹16.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹53.40 lakh · received ₹14.84 lakh · spent ₹52.09 lakh · left ₹16.60 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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