Punak Buzurg
Darauli block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841239
· village code 232361
Population 2011
2,789
Census of India
Population 2020
3,168
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.6%
379 people · 1.4% a year
Households
445
+2.3% vs 435 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,789
Male / female
1,371 / 1,418
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,034
Children aged 0–6
409
Literacy rate
60.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
210 / 58
Working population
915
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.3%
Households
435
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
225
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
70
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
300 / 300 / 100
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sarharwa panchayat, Darauli 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
₹59.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.31 lakh
Received directly
₹1.29 lakh
Spent
₹51.46 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.34 lakh · received ₹6.90 lakh · spent ₹16.48 lakh · left ₹7.04 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹44.55 lakh · received ₹10.41 lakh · spent ₹34.98 lakh · left ₹19.98 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0721, 84.1283 —
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