Charma
Masaurhi block · Patna
district, Bihar · PIN 804452
· village code 245863
Population 2011
2,345
Census of India
Population 2020
3,500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+49.3%
1,155 people · 4.5% a year
Households
3,500
+804.4% vs 387 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,345
Male / female
1,209 / 1,136
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
940
Children aged 0–6
459
Literacy rate
49.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
686 / 0
Working population
835
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.9%
Households
387
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
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
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
90
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,210
Non-farm households
318
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
3,156 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
3,156 / 3,156 / 3,111
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Charma 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
₹18.13 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.60 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹17.94 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.79 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.63 lakh · received ₹6.22 lakh · spent ₹2.05 lakh · left ₹7.80 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.50 lakh · received ₹9.39 lakh · spent ₹15.88 lakh · left ₹8.00 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4234, 85.0069 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Patna district ·
School
staffing across Patna ·
…and across Bihar