Muraitha

Jale block · Darbhanga district, Bihar · PIN 847304 · village code 226727

Population 2011

11,442

Census of India

Population 2020

14,000

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+22.4%

2,558 people · 2.3% a year

Households

3,040

+21.9% vs 2,494 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

11,442

Male / female

5,948 / 5,494

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

924

Children aged 0–6

2,078

Literacy rate

48.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,506 / 2

Working population

3,247

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

66.1%

Households

2,494

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport nearest 2 km away

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

560

Teachers

Students per teacher

140

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

675

Non-farm households

1,945

Share of households farming, 2020

26%

Net sown area

402 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

375 / 402 / 11

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Muraitha 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

₹50.48 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹17.89 lakh

Received directly

₹4.68 lakh

Spent

₹38.39 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹34.67 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹29.89 lakh · received ₹7.13 lakh · spent ₹12.38 lakh · left ₹24.64 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹20.59 lakh · received ₹10.76 lakh · spent ₹26.01 lakh · left ₹10.03 lakh

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

Location

26.3883, 85.7280 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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