Samaul
Forbesganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854318
· village code 221580
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,711 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 33,282 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,711
Male / female
1,426 / 1,285
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
901
Children aged 0–6
587
Literacy rate
46.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
1,214
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.6%
Households
577
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
220
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
550
Non-farm households
135
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 150 / 50
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Khairkhan 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
₹22.01 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.67 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹23.99 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.44 lakh · received ₹7.84 lakh · spent ₹7.78 lakh · left ₹10.49 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.58 lakh · received ₹11.83 lakh · spent ₹16.21 lakh · left ₹7.20 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2703, 87.3457 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Araria district ·
School
staffing across Araria ·
…and across Bihar