kolhua
Ben block · Nalanda
district, Bihar · PIN 803117
· village code 245018
Population 2011
1,938
Census of India
Population 2020
2,720
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+40.4%
782 people · 3.8% a year
Households
480
+40.8% vs 341 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,938
Male / female
994 / 944
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
950
Children aged 0–6
356
Literacy rate
52.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
758 / 0
Working population
686
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.4%
Households
341
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 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 2 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
401
Teachers
11
Students per teacher
37
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
52
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
3 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 3 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Maijara 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
₹17.15 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.32 lakh
Received directly
₹19.84 lakh
Spent
₹27.58 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.74 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.20 lakh · received ₹7.30 lakh · spent ₹9.86 lakh · left ₹9.61 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.95 lakh · received ₹11.02 lakh · spent ₹17.72 lakh · left ₹18.13 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1532, 85.3750 —
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