Jarang

Gaighat block · Muzaffarpur district, Bihar · PIN 843118 · village code 229205

Population 2011

21,145

Census of India

Population 2020

12,780

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-39.6%

-8,365 people · -5.4% a year

Households

3,280

-28.0% vs 4,558 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

21,145

Male / female

10,976 / 10,169

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

926

Children aged 0–6

3,927

Literacy rate

47.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

3,338 / 1

Working population

6,232

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

79.7%

Households

4,558

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Jarang East panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

809

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

2,640

Non-farm households

640

Share of households farming, 2020

80%

Net sown area

641 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

641 / 242 / 21

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Jarang East panchayat, Gaighat 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

₹39.62 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹17.05 lakh

Received directly

₹87,283

Spent

₹51.80 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹5.74 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹17.59 lakh · received ₹6.79 lakh · spent ₹21.10 lakh · left ₹4.16 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹22.03 lakh · received ₹10.25 lakh · spent ₹30.70 lakh · left ₹1.59 lakh

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

Location

26.1441, 85.6454 — view on OpenStreetMap

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