Dhanpura

Forbesganj block · Araria district, Bihar · PIN 854318 · village code 221617

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 537 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,200 — 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

537

Male / female

274 / 263

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

960

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

62.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

308 / 0

Working population

252

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

59.5%

Households

124

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 2 km away

Middle school nearest 5 km away

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

Anganwadi

Internet

Common service centre

No CSC

Farming

Farm households

150

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

71%

Net sown area

100 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

100 / 100 / 10

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Matiari 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

₹29.68 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹18.47 lakh

Received directly

₹24,939

Spent

₹28.48 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹19.92 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹16.97 lakh · received ₹7.36 lakh · spent ₹9.33 lakh · left ₹15.26 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹12.70 lakh · received ₹11.11 lakh · spent ₹19.15 lakh · left ₹4.66 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

26.2883, 87.2588 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Araria district · School staffing across Araria · …and across Bihar