Jhanjhari
Gwalpara block · Madhepura
district, Bihar · PIN 852115
· village code 226059
Population 2011
5,915
Census of India
Population 2020
7,451
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.0%
1,536 people · 2.6% a year
Households
1,102
+4.3% vs 1,057 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,915
Male / female
3,034 / 2,881
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
950
Children aged 0–6
1,383
Literacy rate
35.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
420 / 0
Working population
1,944
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.2%
Households
1,057
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Biswari panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
330
Teachers
11
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
706
Non-farm households
252
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
187 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
187 / 2 / 32
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Biswari panchayat, Gwalpara 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
₹24.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.62 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹37.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.96 lakh · received ₹8.62 lakh · spent ₹12.55 lakh · left ₹5.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.27 lakh · received ₹13.01 lakh · spent ₹25.36 lakh · left ₹2.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7477, 86.8779 —
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