Chanaur
Sour Bazar block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852221
· village code 226481
Population 2011
22,436
Census of India
Population 2020
27,540
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.8%
5,104 people · 2.3% a year
Households
2,538
-37.3% vs 4,047 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
22,436
Male / female
11,792 / 10,644
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
903
Children aged 0–6
4,448
Literacy rate
42.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
3,456 / 62
Working population
7,599
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.3%
Households
4,047
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Chandaur East panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
700
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
100
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,770
Non-farm households
760
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
39 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
34 / 39 / 15
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chandaur East panchayat, Sour Bazar 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
₹67.31 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.25 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹32.76 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹52.80 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹39.67 lakh · received ₹7.27 lakh · spent ₹8.32 lakh · left ₹38.62 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹27.64 lakh · received ₹10.98 lakh · spent ₹24.43 lakh · left ₹14.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9099, 86.6364 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Saharsa district ·
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staffing across Saharsa ·
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