Kenar
Sarmera block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 811104
· village code 244477
Population 2011
8,438
Census of India
Population 2020
8,642
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.4%
204 people · 0.3% a year
Households
1,498
+6.4% vs 1,408 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8,438
Male / female
4,385 / 4,053
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
924
Children aged 0–6
1,699
Literacy rate
49.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,758 / 5
Working population
3,026
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.2%
Households
1,408
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
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
205
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,200
Non-farm households
198
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
252 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
250 / 252 / 12
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kenar 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
₹9.36 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.98 lakh
Received directly
₹25,304
Spent
₹19.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.49 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.91 lakh · received ₹5.97 lakh · spent ₹12.28 lakh · left ₹1.60 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.45 lakh · received ₹9.01 lakh · spent ₹6.83 lakh · left ₹3.89 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2918, 85.7576 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Nalanda district ·
School
staffing across Nalanda ·
…and across Bihar