Aer
Jagdishpur block · Bhojpur
district, Bihar · PIN 802203
· village code 247292
Population 2011
13,305
Census of India
Population 2020
13,720
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.1%
415 people · 0.3% a year
Households
2,147
+0.9% vs 2,127 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
13,305
Male / female
6,842 / 6,463
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
945
Children aged 0–6
2,302
Literacy rate
55.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,617 / 0
Working population
3,863
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.7%
Households
2,127
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
East Ayar panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
400
Teachers
14
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
1,620
Non-farm households
67
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
567 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
416 / 567 / 33
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
East Ayar panchayat, Jagdishpur 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
₹33.47 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.45 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹39.53 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.40 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.33 lakh · received ₹5.76 lakh · spent ₹15.62 lakh · left ₹6.47 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.14 lakh · received ₹8.69 lakh · spent ₹23.91 lakh · left ₹1.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4595, 84.4137 —
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