Maharas
Banma Itahari block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852127
· village code 226692
Population 2011
4,469
Census of India
Population 2020
5,367
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.1%
898 people · 2.1% a year
Households
952
+10.2% vs 864 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,469
Male / female
2,307 / 2,162
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
937
Children aged 0–6
905
Literacy rate
45.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
131 / 0
Working population
1,343
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.3%
Households
864
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
1,133
Teachers
25
Students per teacher
45
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
700
Non-farm households
250
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
601 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
590 / 601 / 30
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Maharas panchayat, Banma Itahari 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
₹37.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.03 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹29.97 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.55 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.35 lakh · received ₹6.39 lakh · spent ₹9.69 lakh · left ₹4,019
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.14 lakh · received ₹9.64 lakh · spent ₹20.28 lakh · left ₹23.51 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6757, 86.6454 —
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staffing across Saharsa ·
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