Matiari
Forbesganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854348
· village code 221618
Population 2011
7,231
Census of India
Population 2020
8,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.6%
769 people · 1.1% a year
Households
1,950
+23.7% vs 1,576 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,231
Male / female
3,791 / 3,440
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
907
Children aged 0–6
1,395
Literacy rate
44.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,120 / 4
Working population
2,450
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
50.8%
Households
1,576
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
485
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
61
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,100
Non-farm households
850
Share of households farming, 2020
56%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 200 / 100
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, 87.2789 —
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How this village compares
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