Bhawani Nagar
Raniganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854312
· village code 221763
Population 2011
2,856
Census of India
Population 2020
3,160
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.6%
304 people · 1.1% a year
Households
578
+5.5% vs 548 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,856
Male / female
1,451 / 1,405
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
968
Children aged 0–6
530
Literacy rate
51.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
985 / 1
Working population
1,434
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.1%
Households
548
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
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
200
Teachers
120
Students per teacher
2
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
400
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
305 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
305 / 148 / 130
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bousi panchayat, Raniganj 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
₹19.10 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.39 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹25.11 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.82 lakh · received ₹7.33 lakh · spent ₹9.13 lakh · left ₹8.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.28 lakh · received ₹11.06 lakh · spent ₹15.98 lakh · left ₹4.36 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0901, 87.2509 —
view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Bhatgaon Chakla
compare · Bhatiahi
compare · Bhattaon Kamat
compare · Bhatwara
compare · Bhawanipur
compare · Bhawanipur
compare · Bhawanipur
compare · Bhikha
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Araria district ·
School
staffing across Araria ·
…and across Bihar