Barai
Islampur block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 801303
· village code 244934
Population 2011
2,927
Census of India
Population 2020
2,929
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.1%
2 people · 0.0% a year
Households
386
-12.3% vs 440 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,927
Male / female
1,529 / 1,398
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
914
Children aged 0–6
452
Literacy rate
70.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
153 / 0
Working population
1,130
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.5%
Households
440
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 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
CHC
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
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
88
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
86
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
25 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
25 / 25 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Beshwak panchayat, Islampur 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
₹19.61 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.33 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹30.19 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.75 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.06 lakh · received ₹6.11 lakh · spent ₹15.49 lakh · left ₹1.68 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.56 lakh · received ₹9.22 lakh · spent ₹14.71 lakh · left ₹3.07 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1351, 85.2031 —
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