Masaudha
Ariari block · Sheikhpura
district, Bihar · PIN 811105
· village code 244109
Population 2011
2,701
Census of India
Population 2020
2,200
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-18.6%
-501 people · -2.3% a year
Households
440
+14.0% vs 386 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,701
Male / female
1,415 / 1,286
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
909
Children aged 0–6
519
Literacy rate
31.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
746 / 2
Working population
887
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.9%
Households
386
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
310
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
78
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
325
Non-farm households
115
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
293 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
283 / 293 / 40
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Varuna panchayat, Ariari 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
₹51.65 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
—
Spent
₹25.37 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.27 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.40 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹12.95 lakh · left ₹15.45 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.25 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹12.42 lakh · left ₹10.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.9550, 86.1115 —
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