Aurahi
Forbesganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854318
· village code 221558
Population 2011
16,207
Census of India
Population 2020
22,815
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+40.8%
6,608 people · 3.9% a year
Households
4,467
+38.9% vs 3,216 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
16,207
Male / female
8,417 / 7,790
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
926
Children aged 0–6
3,234
Literacy rate
39.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
3,863 / 187
Working population
6,509
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.6%
Households
3,216
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Aurahi West panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
2,500
Teachers
30
Students per teacher
83
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,525
Non-farm households
2,942
Share of households farming, 2020
34%
Net sown area
989 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
400 / 989 / 989
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Aurahi West 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
₹12.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.96 lakh
Received directly
₹21.24 lakh
Spent
₹26.22 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.65 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.03 lakh · received ₹8.75 lakh · spent ₹11.53 lakh · left ₹13.75 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.63 lakh · received ₹13.21 lakh · spent ₹14.69 lakh · left ₹15.90 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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