Jafra
Ben block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 803114
· village code 244991
Population 2011
1,880
Census of India
Population 2020
2,590
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+37.8%
710 people · 3.6% a year
Households
425
+21.4% vs 350 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,880
Male / female
979 / 901
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
920
Children aged 0–6
336
Literacy rate
47.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
623 / 0
Working population
690
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.9%
Households
350
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
217
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
322
Non-farm households
103
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
289 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
289 / 133 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Arawan panchayat, Ben 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
₹20.46 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.51 lakh
Received directly
₹51,158
Spent
₹26.49 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.99 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.93 lakh · received ₹5.78 lakh · spent ₹14.50 lakh · left ₹71,951
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.53 lakh · received ₹8.73 lakh · spent ₹11.99 lakh · left ₹8.27 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1585, 85.3646 —
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staffing across Nalanda ·
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