Chauni
Baisi block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854315
· village code 223982
Population 2011
1,231
Census of India
Population 2020
1,361
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.6%
130 people · 1.1% a year
Households
565
+113.2% vs 265 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,231
Male / female
651 / 580
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
891
Children aged 0–6
217
Literacy rate
31.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
136 / 0
Working population
649
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.1%
Households
265
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
503
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
168
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
75
Share of households farming, 2020
40%
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Malahariya panchayat, Baisi 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
₹67.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹22.01 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹63.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹25.79 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.30 lakh · received ₹8.77 lakh · spent ₹25.74 lakh · left ₹1.33 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹49.22 lakh · received ₹13.24 lakh · spent ₹38.01 lakh · left ₹24.46 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8739, 87.7514 —
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