Taran
Jokihat block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854311
· village code 222136
Population 2011
10,739
Census of India
Population 2020
21,070
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+96.2%
10,331 people · 7.8% a year
Households
3,250
+50.1% vs 2,165 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
10,739
Male / female
5,757 / 4,982
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
865
Children aged 0–6
2,258
Literacy rate
38.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
51 / 0
Working population
3,249
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.8%
Households
2,165
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
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
3,060
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
255
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
725
Non-farm households
475
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 20 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Taran 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
₹42.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.79 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹53.09 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.83 lakh · received ₹6.69 lakh · spent ₹20.49 lakh · left ₹2,743
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.83 lakh · received ₹10.10 lakh · spent ₹32.60 lakh · left ₹6.33 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1261, 87.6190 —
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