Barhari
Barhara block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854203
· village code 223123
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,905 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,636 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,905
Male / female
1,507 / 1,398
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
928
Children aged 0–6
448
Literacy rate
55.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
298 / 0
Working population
1,093
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.7%
Households
620
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 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
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
345
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
69
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
242
Non-farm households
121
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
600 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
600 / 600 / 300
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Barahara panchayat, Barhara 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
₹57.99 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.92 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹48.55 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹25.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.59 lakh · received ₹6.34 lakh · spent ₹15.00 lakh · left ₹7.94 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹41.40 lakh · received ₹9.58 lakh · spent ₹33.56 lakh · left ₹17.42 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7658, 87.0911 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purnia district ·
School
staffing across Purnia ·
…and across Bihar