Jigrawn

Maharajganj block · Siwan district, Bihar · PIN 841238 · village code 231842

Population 2011

4,645

Census of India

Population 2020

6,500

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+39.9%

1,855 people · 3.8% a year

Households

725

-12.1% vs 825 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

4,645

Male / female

2,130 / 2,515

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,181

Children aged 0–6

876

Literacy rate

49.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

983 / 45

Working population

1,246

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

86.9%

Households

825

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Van

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

350

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

300

Non-farm households

200

Share of households farming, 2020

60%

Net sown area

300 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

300 / 300 / 50

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Jigarawa panchayat, Maharajganj 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

₹6.15 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹11.24 lakh

Received directly

₹17,013

Spent

₹12.87 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹4.68 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹74,618 · received ₹4.48 lakh · spent ₹72,509 · left ₹4.55 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹5.40 lakh · received ₹6.76 lakh · spent ₹12.15 lakh · left ₹13,486

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

Location

26.1151, 84.5099 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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