Asthua
Singhwara block · Darbhanga
district, Bihar · PIN 847104
· village code 226781
Population 2011
3,623
Census of India
Population 2020
4,682
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.2%
1,059 people · 2.9% a year
Households
936
+44.7% vs 647 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,623
Male / female
1,851 / 1,772
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
957
Children aged 0–6
746
Literacy rate
36.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
379 / 0
Working population
936
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.0%
Households
647
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
245
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
41
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
587
Non-farm households
70
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
138 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
114 / 138 / 8
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Asthua panchayat, Singhwara 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
₹14.83 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.55 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹15.76 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.62 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.80 lakh · received ₹5.80 lakh · spent ₹9.64 lakh · left ₹6.95 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.04 lakh · received ₹8.75 lakh · spent ₹6.12 lakh · left ₹6.67 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9279, 86.3091 —
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