Bhatwara
Palasi block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854329
· village code 222037
Population 2011
1,997
Census of India
Population 2020
2,544
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.4%
547 people · 2.7% a year
Households
640
+42.9% vs 448 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,997
Male / female
1,047 / 950
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
907
Children aged 0–6
330
Literacy rate
49.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
358 / 25
Working population
618
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.0%
Households
448
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
230
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
46
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
147
Share of households farming, 2020
25%
Net sown area
268 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
268 / 254 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Majlis Pur panchayat, Palasi 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
₹14.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.43 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹21.27 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.71 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.44 lakh · received ₹7.34 lakh · spent ₹10.26 lakh · left ₹5.53 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.11 lakh · received ₹11.08 lakh · spent ₹11.01 lakh · left ₹6.18 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2162, 87.6465 —
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