Karjara
Ben block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 803117
· village code 245012
Population 2011
2,911
Census of India
Population 2020
3,979
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+36.7%
1,068 people · 3.5% a year
Households
666
+33.2% vs 500 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,911
Male / female
1,505 / 1,406
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
934
Children aged 0–6
538
Literacy rate
47.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
376 / 0
Working population
1,268
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.1%
Households
500
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
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
356
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
89
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 30 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bara 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
₹19.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.22 lakh
Received directly
₹14.69 lakh
Spent
₹18.29 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.40 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.71 lakh · received ₹5.27 lakh · spent ₹5.91 lakh · left ₹17.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.06 lakh · received ₹7.95 lakh · spent ₹12.37 lakh · left ₹12.34 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1532, 85.3551 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Nalanda district ·
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staffing across Nalanda ·
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