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Chaursani

Udwantnagar block · Bhojpur district, Bihar · PIN 802210 · village code 247041

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 499 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,460 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population
499
Male / female
264 / 235
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
890
Children aged 0–6
80
Literacy rate
57.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
120
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.5%
Households
73

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
160
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
84
Non-farm households
52
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
11 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
11 / 11 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Ashani panchayat, Udwantnagar 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
₹54.50 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.34 lakh
Received directly
₹1.36 lakh
Spent
₹35.87 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.33 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.90 lakh · received ₹6.51 lakh · spent ₹25.38 lakh · left ₹10.76 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.60 lakh · received ₹9.83 lakh · spent ₹10.49 lakh · left ₹25.57 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.5315, 84.6041 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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