Lerua
Maharajganj block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841244
· village code 231851
Population 2011
3,604
Census of India
Population 2020
4,799
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+33.2%
1,195 people · 3.2% a year
Households
671
+12.8% vs 595 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,604
Male / female
1,827 / 1,777
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
973
Children aged 0–6
593
Literacy rate
51.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
692 / 88
Working population
999
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.9%
Households
595
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
168
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
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
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 10 / 6
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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