Arar
Sonhaula block · Bhagalpur
district, Bihar · PIN 813204
· village code 240349
Population 2011
5,097
Census of India
Population 2020
7,420
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+45.6%
2,323 people · 4.3% a year
Households
1,280
+41.6% vs 904 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,097
Male / female
2,677 / 2,420
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
904
Children aged 0–6
1,057
Literacy rate
52.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
920 / 318
Working population
2,191
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.1%
Households
904
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
350
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
58
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
820
Non-farm households
440
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
400 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
400 / 400 / 50
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Arar panchayat, Sonhaula 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
₹15.07 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.23 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹25.99 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.31 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.51 lakh · received ₹4.87 lakh · spent ₹14.08 lakh · left ₹1.30 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.56 lakh · received ₹7.35 lakh · spent ₹11.91 lakh · left ₹576
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1178, 87.0778 —
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