Desna
Asthawan block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 803107
· village code 244510
Population 2011
3,176
Census of India
Population 2020
3,318
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.5%
142 people · 0.5% a year
Households
533
+3.1% vs 517 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,176
Male / female
1,651 / 1,525
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
924
Children aged 0–6
699
Literacy rate
49.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,386 / 2
Working population
804
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.6%
Households
517
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations 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
177
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
370
Non-farm households
125
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
123 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
123 / 120 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Andi panchayat, Asthawan 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
₹24.29 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.59 lakh
Received directly
₹64,357
Spent
₹18.70 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹19.83 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.85 lakh · received ₹5.42 lakh · spent ₹8.64 lakh · left ₹13.27 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.44 lakh · received ₹8.18 lakh · spent ₹10.06 lakh · left ₹6.56 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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