Chiraiya
Bhargama block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854334
· village code 221675
Population 2011
4,274
Census of India
Population 2020
4,500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.3%
226 people · 0.6% a year
Households
935
+3.5% vs 903 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,274
Male / female
2,272 / 2,002
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
881
Children aged 0–6
734
Literacy rate
45.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
782 / 8
Working population
2,209
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.7%
Households
903
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
390
Teachers
40
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
355
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
144 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
144 / 87 / 51
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Khutaha Baijnathpur panchayat, Bhargama 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
₹50.01 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.25 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹47.89 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.37 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.81 lakh · received ₹7.67 lakh · spent ₹21.69 lakh · left ₹13.79 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.20 lakh · received ₹11.58 lakh · spent ₹26.20 lakh · left ₹7.59 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0482, 87.1156 —
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staffing across Araria ·
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