Barahia tola
Maharajganj block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841244
· village code 231850
Population 2011
549
Census of India
Population 2020
687
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.1%
138 people · 2.5% a year
Households
100
+25.0% vs 80 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
549
Male / female
289 / 260
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
900
Children aged 0–6
89
Literacy rate
53.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
298 / 38
Working population
131
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.7%
Households
80
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
180
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
25 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
25 / 25 / 10
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balau 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
₹48.29 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.80 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹34.14 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.77 lakh · received ₹6.29 lakh · spent ₹25.92 lakh · left ₹14,961
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.51 lakh · received ₹9.50 lakh · spent ₹8.22 lakh · left ₹29.79 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0490, 84.5483 —
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