Barua

Dighwara block · Saran district, Bihar · PIN 841207 · village code 234442

Population 2011

5,938

Census of India

Population 2020

7,505

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+26.4%

1,567 people · 2.6% a year

Households

1,175

+11.3% vs 1,056 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

5,938

Male / female

3,132 / 2,806

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

896

Children aged 0–6

848

Literacy rate

64.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

460 / 17

Working population

1,471

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

79.1%

Households

1,056

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport nearest 2 km away

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

1,423

Teachers

Students per teacher

119

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

None

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

385

Non-farm households

267

Share of households farming, 2020

59%

Net sown area

29 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

12 / 13 / 29

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Barua panchayat, Dighwara 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

₹11.40 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹14.49 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹20.98 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹4.91 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹5.67 lakh · received ₹5.77 lakh · spent ₹8.71 lakh · left ₹2.73 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹5.73 lakh · received ₹8.72 lakh · spent ₹12.27 lakh · left ₹2.18 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

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How this village compares

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