Maranga
Dagraua block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854326
· village code 224133
Population 2011
2,757
Census of India
Population 2020
3,274
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.8%
517 people · 1.9% a year
Households
632
+14.3% vs 553 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,757
Male / female
1,418 / 1,339
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
944
Children aged 0–6
615
Literacy rate
23.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
119 / 0
Working population
697
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.2%
Households
553
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
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
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
324
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
81
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
322
Non-farm households
205
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
31 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
31 / 21 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chanpi panchayat, Dagraua 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
₹50.70 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.66 lakh
Received directly
₹79,100
Spent
₹50.54 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.61 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹29.82 lakh · received ₹8.23 lakh · spent ₹27.86 lakh · left ₹10.42 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.89 lakh · received ₹12.43 lakh · spent ₹22.68 lakh · left ₹11.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7838, 87.6847 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Purnia district ·
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staffing across Purnia ·
…and across Bihar