Sauwan
Chandi block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 803108
· village code 244300
Population 2011
479
Census of India
Population 2020
550
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.8%
71 people · 1.5% a year
Households
115
+35.3% vs 85 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
479
Male / female
246 / 233
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
947
Children aged 0–6
68
Literacy rate
56.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
4 / 0
Working population
248
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.3%
Households
85
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
52
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
87
Non-farm households
23
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
193 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
193 / 190 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mahkar panchayat, Chandi 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
₹14.29 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.65 lakh
Received directly
₹23,675
Spent
₹28.32 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹85,438
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.76 lakh · received ₹5.84 lakh · spent ₹17.29 lakh · left ₹54,842
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.53 lakh · received ₹8.81 lakh · spent ₹11.04 lakh · left ₹30,596
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3874, 85.4202 —
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