Jiar
Asthawan block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 803107
· village code 244557
Population 2011
5,130
Census of India
Population 2020
5,430
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.8%
300 people · 0.6% a year
Households
1,100
+21.1% vs 908 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,130
Male / female
2,515 / 2,615
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,040
Children aged 0–6
1,061
Literacy rate
47.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,793 / 0
Working population
1,562
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.6%
Households
908
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
325
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
835
Non-farm households
225
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
331 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
331 / 305 / 32
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jiar 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
₹19.99 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.78 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹20.04 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.45 lakh · received ₹5.09 lakh · spent ₹59,144 · left ₹10.95 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.54 lakh · received ₹7.69 lakh · spent ₹19.45 lakh · left ₹1.78 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2072, 85.6717 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Nalanda district ·
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staffing across Nalanda ·
…and across Bihar