Sauraha
Krityanand Nagar block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854206
· village code 223388
Population 2011
2,852
Census of India
Population 2020
3,248
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.9%
396 people · 1.5% a year
Households
615
+4.1% vs 591 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,852
Male / female
1,531 / 1,321
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
863
Children aged 0–6
497
Literacy rate
44.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
661 / 30
Working population
975
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.4%
Households
591
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
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 5 km away
No
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
398
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
478
Non-farm households
129
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
39 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
39 / 26 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jagni panchayat, Krityanand Nagar 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
₹28.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.34 lakh
Received directly
₹1.50 lakh
Spent
₹34.98 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.97 lakh · received ₹6.11 lakh · spent ₹18.11 lakh · left ₹46,873
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.81 lakh · received ₹9.23 lakh · spent ₹16.86 lakh · left ₹10.17 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7784, 87.3560 —
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