Pirai

Mahua block · Vaishali district, Bihar · PIN 844122 · village code 235317

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 405 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,025 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

405

Male / female

217 / 188

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

866

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

65.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

151 / 0

Working population

120

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

79.2%

Households

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 1 km away

Middle school nearest 1 km away

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water nearest 2 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport nearest 2 km away

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

No CSC

Farming

Farm households

210

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

95%

Net sown area

30 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

30 / 20 / 3

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Rasulpur Mobarak 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

₹24.10 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹18.43 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹28.26 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹14.26 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹8.13 lakh · received ₹7.34 lakh · spent ₹7.69 lakh · left ₹7.79 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹15.96 lakh · received ₹11.09 lakh · spent ₹20.57 lakh · left ₹6.48 lakh

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

Location

25.8018, 85.3965 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Vaishali district · School staffing across Vaishali · …and across Bihar