Purani Kherhi
Shahkund block · Bhagalpur
district, Bihar · PIN 813108
· village code 239788
Population 2011
1,942
Census of India
Population 2020
2,221
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.4%
279 people · 1.5% a year
Households
366
+11.6% vs 328 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,942
Male / female
1,020 / 922
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
904
Children aged 0–6
392
Literacy rate
26.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,256 / 0
Working population
838
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.9%
Households
328
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
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
586
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
84
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
66
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
54 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
54 / 30 / 22
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kaswa Kherhi panchayat, Shahkund 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
₹15.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.82 lakh
Received directly
₹2.74 lakh
Spent
₹33.29 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.32 lakh · received ₹8.30 lakh · spent ₹12.38 lakh · left ₹4.23 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.35 lakh · received ₹12.53 lakh · spent ₹20.91 lakh · left ₹1.71 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.0647, 86.8975 —
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