Purandaha
Palasi block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854333
· village code 222101
Population 2011
1,555
Census of India
Population 2020
1,700
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.3%
145 people · 1.0% a year
Households
340
+5.6% vs 322 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,555
Male / female
797 / 758
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
951
Children aged 0–6
397
Literacy rate
35.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
365
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.3%
Households
322
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
240
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
79 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
61 / 79 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhikha 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
₹30.77 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.35 lakh
Received directly
₹27,383
Spent
₹45.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.33 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹24.07 lakh · received ₹7.71 lakh · spent ₹26.45 lakh · left ₹5.33 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.69 lakh · received ₹11.64 lakh · spent ₹18.61 lakh · left ₹80
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2157, 87.5707 —
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