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Kheraj

Jale block · Darbhanga district, Bihar · PIN 847303 · village code 226710

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 406 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,741 — 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
406
Male / female
211 / 195
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
924
Children aged 0–6
63
Literacy rate
56.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
135 / 0
Working population
198
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.0%
Households
101

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
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
105
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
72
Non-farm households
45
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 8 / 6
Main irrigation source
Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Sahaspur panchayat, Jale 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
₹33.33 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.21 lakh
Received directly
₹1.68 lakh
Spent
₹33.70 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.52 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.19 lakh · received ₹6.46 lakh · spent ₹9.87 lakh · left ₹14.46 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.14 lakh · received ₹9.75 lakh · spent ₹23.83 lakh · left ₹3.05 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

26.4324, 85.7177 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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