Mehadinagar
Jokihat block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854329
· village code 222159
Population 2011
1,093
Census of India
Population 2020
1,560
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+42.7%
467 people · 4.0% a year
Households
200
-11.1% vs 225 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,093
Male / female
570 / 523
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
918
Children aged 0–6
220
Literacy rate
66.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
98 / 0
Working population
301
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.0%
Households
225
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
250
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
60
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 30 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bara Istambarar 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
₹32.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.30 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹30.61 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.40 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.53 lakh · received ₹7.69 lakh · spent ₹14.49 lakh · left ₹15.72 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.19 lakh · received ₹11.61 lakh · spent ₹16.12 lakh · left ₹5.68 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1441, 87.6124 —
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