Chak Arab
Desri block · Vaishali
district, Bihar · PIN 841504
· village code 235978
Population 2011
774
Census of India
Population 2020
1,230
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+58.9%
456 people · 5.3% a year
Households
250
+89.4% vs 132 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
774
Male / female
402 / 372
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
925
Children aged 0–6
168
Literacy rate
31.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
348 / 0
Working population
236
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.5%
Households
132
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
200
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
67
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
20
Non-farm households
210
Share of households farming, 2020
9%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Uphraul panchayat, Desri 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
₹12.08 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.62 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹9.09 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.61 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.92 lakh · received ₹5.82 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹10.74 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.17 lakh · received ₹8.79 lakh · spent ₹9.09 lakh · left ₹6.87 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6757, 85.4059 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Vaishali ·
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