Karihan
Mahua block · Vaishali
district, Bihar · PIN 844116
· village code 235278
Population 2011
1,860
Census of India
Population 2020
2,246
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.8%
386 people · 2.1% a year
Households
412
+33.3% vs 309 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,860
Male / female
979 / 881
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
900
Children aged 0–6
302
Literacy rate
62.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
620 / 0
Working population
501
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.0%
Households
309
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
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
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
216
Non-farm households
193
Share of households farming, 2020
53%
Net sown area
123 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
123 / 90 / 28
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Tajpur Buzurg panchayat, Mahua 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
₹42.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.61 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹34.31 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.97 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹29.83 lakh · received ₹7.42 lakh · spent ₹26.25 lakh · left ₹10.99 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.83 lakh · received ₹11.20 lakh · spent ₹8.05 lakh · left ₹15.97 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8018, 85.3965 —
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Nearby villages
Karanpur
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Vaishali district ·
School
staffing across Vaishali ·
…and across Bihar