Barhuwa

Jokihat block · Araria district, Bihar · PIN 854329 · village code 222123

Population 2011

3,207

Census of India

Population 2020

4,218

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+31.5%

1,011 people · 3.1% a year

Households

912

+36.3% vs 669 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

3,207

Male / female

1,688 / 1,519

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

900

Children aged 0–6

708

Literacy rate

32.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

0 / 0

Working population

918

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

93.8%

Households

669

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water nearest 2 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

4-8 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

522

Teachers

377

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

252

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

96%

Net sown area

80 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

80 / 52 / 30

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Matiyari panchayat, Jokihat 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

₹54.23 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹20.32 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹52.56 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹21.98 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹22.77 lakh · received ₹8.09 lakh · spent ₹20.34 lakh · left ₹10.53 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹31.46 lakh · received ₹12.22 lakh · spent ₹32.22 lakh · left ₹11.46 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

26.1441, 87.6325 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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