Kurwa
Forbesganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854318
· village code 221555
Population 2011
900
Census of India
Population 2020
1,195
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.8%
295 people · 3.2% a year
Households
512
+184.4% vs 180 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
900
Male / female
463 / 437
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
944
Children aged 0–6
166
Literacy rate
54.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
38 / 0
Working population
274
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.7%
Households
180
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 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
150
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
264
Non-farm households
88
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 40 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Musahari 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
₹49.97 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.52 lakh
Received directly
₹12.07 lakh
Spent
₹37.92 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹43.63 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.86 lakh · received ₹7.78 lakh · spent ₹14.40 lakh · left ₹13.30 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹42.11 lakh · received ₹11.74 lakh · spent ₹23.52 lakh · left ₹30.34 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2883, 87.2789 —
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