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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 — view on OpenStreetMap

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