Khorasan
Banma Itahari block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852127
· village code 226695
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 4,847 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 14,985 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
4,847
Male / female
2,530 / 2,317
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
916
Children aged 0–6
974
Literacy rate
33.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,101 / 0
Working population
1,568
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.9%
Households
926
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
452
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
45
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
437
Non-farm households
245
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
79 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
74 / 79 / 18
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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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Saharsa district ·
School
staffing across Saharsa ·
…and across Bihar