Kewali

Islampur block · Nalanda district, Bihar · PIN 801303 · village code 244985

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,681 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,172 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

2,681

Male / female

1,356 / 1,325

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

977

Children aged 0–6

610

Literacy rate

54.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,110 / 0

Working population

1,201

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

90.8%

Households

474

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

225

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

120

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

83%

Net sown area

126 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

111 / 126 / 22

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Dhobdiha 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

₹27.03 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹17.89 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹35.89 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹9.03 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹12.05 lakh · received ₹7.13 lakh · spent ₹10.65 lakh · left ₹8.54 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹14.97 lakh · received ₹10.76 lakh · spent ₹25.25 lakh · left ₹48,924

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.1351, 85.2231 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Nalanda district · School staffing across Nalanda · …and across Bihar