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 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Darbhanga district ·
School
staffing across Darbhanga ·
…and across Bihar