Karian
Shivaji Nagar block · Samastipur
district, Bihar · PIN 848117
· village code 236422
Population 2011
25,225
Census of India
Population 2020
28,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.0%
2,775 people · 1.2% a year
Households
6,129
+11.3% vs 5,506 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
25,225
Male / female
13,146 / 12,079
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
919
Children aged 0–6
4,923
Literacy rate
48.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
6,687 / 3
Working population
7,321
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.1%
Households
5,506
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
90
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
3,978
Non-farm households
2,142
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
1,145 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,145 / 1,145 / 598
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kariyan panchayat, Shivaji Nagar 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
₹29.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.77 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹37.08 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.08 lakh · received ₹7.88 lakh · spent ₹5.42 lakh · left ₹9.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.14 lakh · received ₹11.89 lakh · spent ₹31.66 lakh · left ₹2.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8559, 86.0762 —
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