Birban
Kursakanta block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854331
· village code 221943
Population 2011
1,598
Census of India
Population 2020
1,982
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+24.0%
384 people · 2.4% a year
Households
550
+67.7% vs 328 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,598
Male / female
846 / 752
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
889
Children aged 0–6
304
Literacy rate
40.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
196 / 0
Working population
689
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.1%
Households
328
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
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
Farming
Farm households
502
Non-farm households
13
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
109 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
109 / 43 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jagir Parasi panchayat, Kursakanta 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
₹50.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.00 lakh
Received directly
₹46,501
Spent
₹48.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.50 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.68 lakh · received ₹7.17 lakh · spent ₹27.18 lakh · left ₹8.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.05 lakh · received ₹10.83 lakh · spent ₹21.51 lakh · left ₹12.37 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3784, 87.4474 —
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