Khirma
Keotirunway block · Darbhanga
district, Bihar · PIN 847121
· village code 226925
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 5,029 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,600 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
5,029
Male / female
2,631 / 2,398
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
911
Children aged 0–6
995
Literacy rate
45.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
115 / 0
Working population
1,300
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
27.2%
Households
1,046
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
232
Non-farm households
77
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 63 / 40
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Khirma panchayat, Keotirunway 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
₹35.75 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.06 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹33.05 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.76 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.38 lakh · received ₹7.19 lakh · spent ₹26.16 lakh · left ₹9.42 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.37 lakh · received ₹10.86 lakh · spent ₹6.89 lakh · left ₹11.34 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2523, 85.9058 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Darbhanga district ·
School
staffing across Darbhanga ·
…and across Bihar