Asaon
Andar block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841287
· village code 232403
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 5,897 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 720 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
5,897
Male / female
2,992 / 2,905
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
971
Children aged 0–6
912
Literacy rate
58.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
738 / 409
Working population
1,960
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.6%
Households
929
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
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
265
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
53
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
60
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 8 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Asaon panchayat, Andar 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
₹62.94 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.61 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹44.71 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.84 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.08 lakh · received ₹6.22 lakh · spent ₹13.80 lakh · left ₹11.50 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹43.86 lakh · received ₹9.39 lakh · spent ₹30.91 lakh · left ₹22.34 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0901, 84.2215 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Siwan district ·
School
staffing across Siwan ·
…and across Bihar