Maria
Dagraua block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854326
· village code 224155
Population 2011
1,976
Census of India
Population 2020
2,110
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.8%
134 people · 0.7% a year
Households
510
+21.4% vs 420 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,976
Male / female
1,044 / 932
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
893
Children aged 0–6
372
Literacy rate
51.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
564 / 1
Working population
741
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.8%
Households
420
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
310
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
52
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
85
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 20 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Harkheli 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
₹38.81 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹22.32 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹35.05 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.08 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.90 lakh · received ₹8.89 lakh · spent ₹7.98 lakh · left ₹6.81 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.91 lakh · received ₹13.42 lakh · spent ₹27.06 lakh · left ₹19.27 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8310, 87.5852 —
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