Rahia
Maharajganj block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841244
· village code 231854
Population 2011
1,014
Census of India
Population 2020
1,347
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.8%
333 people · 3.2% a year
Households
231
+26.2% vs 183 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,014
Male / female
443 / 571
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,289
Children aged 0–6
141
Literacy rate
57.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
102 / 14
Working population
245
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.7%
Households
183
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
200
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 40 / 20
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
26.0530, 84.5635 —
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