Dhanawan
Sarmera block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 811104
· village code 244475
Population 2011
2,692
Census of India
Population 2020
2,750
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.1%
58 people · 0.2% a year
Households
461
+1.1% vs 456 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,692
Male / female
1,415 / 1,277
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
902
Children aged 0–6
424
Literacy rate
63.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
515 / 0
Working population
823
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.4%
Households
456
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
257
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
398
Non-farm households
63
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
278 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
222 / 278 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mirnagar panchayat, Sarmera 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
₹42.07 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.35 lakh
Received directly
₹78,253
Spent
₹39.18 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.75 lakh · received ₹7.31 lakh · spent ₹14.75 lakh · left ₹13.31 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.32 lakh · received ₹11.04 lakh · spent ₹24.43 lakh · left ₹8.71 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2613, 85.7895 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Nalanda district ·
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staffing across Nalanda ·
…and across Bihar