Rahua
Krityanand Nagar block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854303
· village code 223444
Population 2011
4,781
Census of India
Population 2020
5,652
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.2%
871 people · 1.9% a year
Households
1,068
+14.7% vs 931 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,781
Male / female
2,478 / 2,303
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
929
Children aged 0–6
1,021
Literacy rate
28.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
792 / 0
Working population
2,017
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.5%
Households
931
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
279
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
70
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
752
Non-farm households
316
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
238 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
220 / 238 / 207
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Rahuwa 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
₹47.25 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.67 lakh
Received directly
₹50,000
Spent
₹34.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.74 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.66 lakh · received ₹7.44 lakh · spent ₹14.45 lakh · left ₹4.14 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.59 lakh · received ₹11.23 lakh · spent ₹20.23 lakh · left ₹27.59 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7838, 87.3445 —
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