Maheshua
Amour block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854315
· village code 223794
Population 2011
693
Census of India
Population 2020
1,100
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+58.7%
407 people · 5.3% a year
Households
220
+58.3% vs 139 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
693
Male / female
362 / 331
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
914
Children aged 0–6
179
Literacy rate
34.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
79 / 0
Working population
170
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.6%
Households
139
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
120
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
55%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 10 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Barbatta 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
₹49.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.07 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.63 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹41.68 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.82 lakh · received ₹6.00 lakh · spent ₹15.18 lakh · left ₹65,183
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹39.42 lakh · received ₹9.07 lakh · spent ₹7.46 lakh · left ₹41.03 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7838, 87.4646 —
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