Nawada
Mahishi block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852216
· village code 226356
Population 2011
3,220
Census of India
Population 2020
4,225
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+31.2%
1,005 people · 3.1% a year
Households
845
+39.0% vs 608 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,220
Male / female
1,695 / 1,525
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
900
Children aged 0–6
737
Literacy rate
35.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
567 / 1
Working population
1,187
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.4%
Households
608
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
500
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
500
Non-farm households
250
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
86 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
86 / 86 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Telwa West panchayat, Mahishi 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
₹52.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.22 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹47.16 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹25.37 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.99 lakh · received ₹8.06 lakh · spent ₹17.38 lakh · left ₹12.67 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.32 lakh · received ₹12.16 lakh · spent ₹29.79 lakh · left ₹12.70 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8739, 86.3897 —
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