Jhirwa Purwari
Forbesganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854318
· village code 221556
Population 2011
7,513
Census of India
Population 2020
9,500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.4%
1,987 people · 2.6% a year
Households
1,700
+24.2% vs 1,369 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,513
Male / female
3,824 / 3,689
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
965
Children aged 0–6
1,765
Literacy rate
36.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
118 / 0
Working population
2,652
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.6%
Households
1,369
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 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
400
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
80
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,445
Non-farm households
248
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
260 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
260 / 120 / 10
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jhiruwa Purwari 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
₹26.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹23.38 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹36.90 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.30 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.94 lakh · received ₹9.31 lakh · spent ₹11.71 lakh · left ₹12.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.88 lakh · received ₹14.06 lakh · spent ₹25.18 lakh · left ₹75,988
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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