Mahesh khunt
Dagraua block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854315
· village code 224228
Population 2011
2,697
Census of India
Population 2020
4,955
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+83.7%
2,258 people · 7.0% a year
Households
1,000
+79.5% vs 557 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,697
Male / female
1,428 / 1,269
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
889
Children aged 0–6
547
Literacy rate
34.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
80 / 0
Working population
745
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.3%
Households
557
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
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
152
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
No
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
535
Non-farm households
401
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
61 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
54 / 61 / 41
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Teghra 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
₹13.60 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.08 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹29.03 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.65 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.65 lakh · received ₹7.60 lakh · spent ₹15.76 lakh · left ₹49,575
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.95 lakh · received ₹11.48 lakh · spent ₹13.27 lakh · left ₹3.16 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8739, 87.6713 —
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