Tarauna
Amour block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854327
· village code 223766
Population 2011
2,564
Census of India
Population 2020
1,900
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-25.9%
-664 people · -3.3% a year
Households
860
+35.4% vs 635 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,564
Male / female
1,351 / 1,213
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
898
Children aged 0–6
480
Literacy rate
52.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
92 / 0
Working population
701
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.3%
Households
635
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
100
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
850
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
99%
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pothia Gangeli panchayat, Amour 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
₹28.15 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.60 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹31.66 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.09 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.52 lakh · received ₹5.02 lakh · spent ₹14.08 lakh · left ₹46,166
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.63 lakh · received ₹7.58 lakh · spent ₹17.58 lakh · left ₹8.63 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9640, 87.7183 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purnia district ·
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staffing across Purnia ·
…and across Bihar