Metan
Araria block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854311
· village code 221824
Population 2011
948
Census of India
Population 2020
1,200
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.6%
252 people · 2.7% a year
Households
275
+47.9% vs 186 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
948
Male / female
497 / 451
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
907
Children aged 0–6
216
Literacy rate
35.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
380
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.8%
Households
186
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
195
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
49
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
135
Non-farm households
135
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
21 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
21 / 20 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jhamta panchayat, Araria 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
₹8.15 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.81 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.25 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.72 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.44 lakh · received ₹7.50 lakh · spent ₹7.23 lakh · left ₹2.71 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.72 lakh · received ₹11.32 lakh · spent ₹15.02 lakh · left ₹2.01 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1261, 87.4584 —
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