Dhamaun
Patori block · Samastipur
district, Bihar · PIN 848504
· village code 236804
Population 2011
17,144
Census of India
Population 2020
19,650
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.6%
2,506 people · 1.5% a year
Households
4,523
+54.9% vs 2,920 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
17,144
Male / female
9,125 / 8,019
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
879
Children aged 0–6
3,250
Literacy rate
51.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,408 / 1
Working population
4,543
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.6%
Households
2,920
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Dhamoun North panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
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
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
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
800
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
133
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2,336
Non-farm households
584
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
635 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
635 / 635 / 30
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhamoun North panchayat, Patori 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
₹49.96 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.72 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹24.46 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹40.22 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.43 lakh · received ₹5.87 lakh · spent ₹11.20 lakh · left ₹22.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.53 lakh · received ₹8.85 lakh · spent ₹13.26 lakh · left ₹18.12 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6036, 85.5541 —
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