Katraul
Jale block · Darbhanga
district, Bihar · PIN 847302
· village code 226721
Population 2011
2,193
Census of India
Population 2020
2,600
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.6%
407 people · 1.9% a year
Households
550
+21.4% vs 453 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,193
Male / female
1,106 / 1,087
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
983
Children aged 0–6
441
Literacy rate
30.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
199 / 0
Working population
722
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.0%
Households
453
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 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
250
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
350
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 10 / 8
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Katraul Basant 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
₹24.45 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.65 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.19 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.91 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.83 lakh · received ₹3.44 lakh · spent ₹11.32 lakh · left ₹2.95 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.62 lakh · received ₹5.20 lakh · spent ₹10.86 lakh · left ₹7.96 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3748, 85.7007 —
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