Maheshpur
Purnia East block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854337
· village code 223537
Population 2011
645
Census of India
Population 2020
930
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+44.2%
285 people · 4.2% a year
Households
150
+17.2% vs 128 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
645
Male / female
350 / 295
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
843
Children aged 0–6
142
Literacy rate
34.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
330
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.0%
Households
128
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
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
460
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
90
Non-farm households
60
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
179 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
179 / 179 / 90
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gaura panchayat, Purnia East 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
₹38.60 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.88 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹23.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.33 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.10 lakh · received ₹7.52 lakh · spent ₹16.06 lakh · left ₹8.56 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.51 lakh · received ₹11.36 lakh · spent ₹7.09 lakh · left ₹25.77 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7297, 87.6248 —
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