Kurwan
Barharia block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841227
· village code 231466
Population 2011
3,577
Census of India
Population 2020
4,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.8%
423 people · 1.3% a year
Households
640
+8.3% vs 591 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,577
Male / female
1,776 / 1,801
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,014
Children aged 0–6
626
Literacy rate
53.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
48 / 0
Working population
1,132
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.7%
Households
591
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
590
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
49
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
365
Non-farm households
245
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
115 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
115 / 115 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kurwan panchayat, Barharia 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
₹14.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.60 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹28.95 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.08 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.45 lakh · received ₹6.22 lakh · spent ₹12.92 lakh · left ₹73,703
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.99 lakh · received ₹9.38 lakh · spent ₹16.03 lakh · left ₹34,771
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3063, 84.4584 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Siwan district ·
School
staffing across Siwan ·
…and across Bihar