Poawan
Masaurhi block · Patna
district, Bihar · PIN 804452
· village code 245844
Population 2011
1,511
Census of India
Population 2020
1,720
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.8%
209 people · 1.4% a year
Households
300
+1.7% vs 295 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,511
Male / female
773 / 738
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
955
Children aged 0–6
210
Literacy rate
56.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
671 / 1
Working population
719
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.5%
Households
295
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
165
Teachers
50
Students per teacher
3
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
170
Non-farm households
125
Share of households farming, 2020
58%
Net sown area
332 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
332 / 329 / 35
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kharant panchayat, Masaurhi 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
₹19.81 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.86 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹26.51 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.16 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.16 lakh · received ₹5.12 lakh · spent ₹5.38 lakh · left ₹4.90 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.65 lakh · received ₹7.73 lakh · spent ₹21.13 lakh · left ₹1.26 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3650, 85.0432 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Patna ·
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