Kewatgawan
Kusheswar Asthan East block · Darbhanga
district, Bihar · PIN 848213
· village code 227928
Population 2011
12,013
Census of India
Population 2020
16,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+33.2%
3,987 people · 3.2% a year
Households
3,300
+35.9% vs 2,429 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
12,013
Male / female
6,339 / 5,674
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
895
Children aged 0–6
2,835
Literacy rate
34.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,428 / 2
Working population
5,000
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.3%
Households
2,429
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
2,240
Teachers
32
Students per teacher
70
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,800
Non-farm households
950
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
700 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
600 / 700 / 12
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kewatgama panchayat, Kusheswar Asthan East 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
₹78.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.78 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹47.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹49.70 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.84 lakh · received ₹7.48 lakh · spent ₹28.15 lakh · left ₹17,187
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹57.68 lakh · received ₹11.30 lakh · spent ₹19.45 lakh · left ₹49.53 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8073, 86.3222 —
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