Kawai
Vidyapati Nagar block · Samastipur
district, Bihar · PIN 848503
· village code 236990
Population 2011
1,372
Census of India
Population 2020
1,428
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.1%
56 people · 0.4% a year
Households
273
+9.6% vs 249 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,372
Male / female
756 / 616
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
815
Children aged 0–6
290
Literacy rate
43.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
312 / 0
Working population
468
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.6%
Households
249
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
130
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
67
Non-farm households
117
Share of households farming, 2020
36%
Net sown area
36 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
36 / 36 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sothgama panchayat, Vidyapati 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
₹17.98 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.92 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹25.68 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.42 lakh · received ₹7.54 lakh · spent ₹15.24 lakh · left ₹5.72 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.55 lakh · received ₹11.38 lakh · spent ₹10.44 lakh · left ₹5.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6757, 85.7657 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Samastipur district ·
School
staffing across Samastipur ·
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