Sahawa
Dagraua block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 855105
· village code 224183
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 181 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,044 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
181
Male / female
78 / 103
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,321
Children aged 0–6
43
Literacy rate
21.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
20 / 152
Working population
110
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.9%
Households
33
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
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
85
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
152
Non-farm households
32
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
23 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
23 / 23 / 23
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Babhani 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
₹17.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.71 lakh
Received directly
₹44,789
Spent
₹32.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.86 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.29 lakh · received ₹7.85 lakh · spent ₹20.00 lakh · left ₹4.43 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹74,981 · received ₹11.86 lakh · spent ₹12.33 lakh · left ₹42,892
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7063, 87.6760 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purnia district ·
School
staffing across Purnia ·
…and across Bihar