Chero
Sarmera block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 811104
· village code 244493
Population 2011
11,090
Census of India
Population 2020
12,004
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.2%
914 people · 0.9% a year
Households
1,995
+0.5% vs 1,986 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
11,090
Male / female
5,856 / 5,234
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
894
Children aged 0–6
2,248
Literacy rate
39.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
3,285 / 7
Working population
3,611
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.5%
Households
1,986
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 nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
495
Teachers
20
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,055
Non-farm households
790
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
1,482 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,482 / 371 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chero 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
₹35.80 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.34 lakh
Received directly
₹95,250
Spent
₹31.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.00 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.71 lakh · received ₹6.91 lakh · spent ₹15.73 lakh · left ₹12.89 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.09 lakh · received ₹10.43 lakh · spent ₹15.37 lakh · left ₹10.10 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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staffing across Nalanda ·
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