Saho
Biraul block · Darbhanga
district, Bihar · PIN 847201
· village code 227702
Population 2011
27,390
Census of India
Population 2020
31,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.2%
3,610 people · 1.4% a year
Households
5,700
+11.2% vs 5,124 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
27,390
Male / female
14,579 / 12,811
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
879
Children aged 0–6
5,359
Literacy rate
39.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
5,530 / 10
Working population
8,004
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.8%
Households
5,124
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 4 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Ganaura Tarwara panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
1,750
Teachers
27
Students per teacher
65
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
400
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
800 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
500 / 800 / 400
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ganaura Tarwara panchayat, Biraul 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
₹44.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.98 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹30.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.88 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹24.40 lakh · received ₹6.37 lakh · spent ₹6.73 lakh · left ₹24.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.36 lakh · received ₹9.61 lakh · spent ₹24.12 lakh · left ₹5.85 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9279, 86.1288 —
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population changes in Darbhanga district ·
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staffing across Darbhanga ·
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