Thanwar
Mahishi block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852216
· village code 226363
Population 2011
3,993
Census of India
Population 2020
8,492
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+112.7%
4,499 people · 8.7% a year
Households
920
+21.4% vs 758 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,993
Male / female
2,057 / 1,936
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
941
Children aged 0–6
901
Literacy rate
40.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,634 / 1
Working population
1,390
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.9%
Households
758
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 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
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
568
Non-farm households
350
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
450 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
400 / 450 / 40
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Aara Patti 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
₹47.91 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.79 lakh
Received directly
₹35,216
Spent
₹47.48 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹19.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.38 lakh · received ₹7.49 lakh · spent ₹16.51 lakh · left ₹12.36 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.54 lakh · received ₹11.30 lakh · spent ₹30.97 lakh · left ₹7.22 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8559, 86.4767 —
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staffing across Saharsa ·
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