Kherho
Purani block · Madhepura
district, Bihar · PIN 852116
· village code 226135
Population 2011
5,447
Census of India
Population 2020
6,863
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.0%
1,416 people · 2.6% a year
Households
1,339
+17.8% vs 1,137 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,447
Male / female
2,860 / 2,587
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
905
Children aged 0–6
1,137
Literacy rate
29.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
106 / 0
Working population
2,155
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.2%
Households
1,137
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
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
325
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
65
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
867
Non-farm households
472
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
500 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
400 / 500 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Aurai panchayat, Purani 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
₹82.27 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹26.01 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹25.78 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹82.49 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.55 lakh · received ₹10.36 lakh · spent ₹17.01 lakh · left ₹5.91 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹69.72 lakh · received ₹15.65 lakh · spent ₹8.78 lakh · left ₹76.59 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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