Purwa
Brahmpur block · Buxar
district, Bihar · PIN 802130
· village code 248016
Population 2011
2,215
Census of India
Population 2020
2,439
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.1%
224 people · 1.1% a year
Households
344
+9.9% vs 313 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,215
Male / female
1,177 / 1,038
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
882
Children aged 0–6
322
Literacy rate
65.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
243 / 1
Working population
617
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
31.6%
Households
313
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
293
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
254
Non-farm households
90
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
57 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
39 / 57 / 23
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nimej panchayat, Brahmpur 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
₹53.00 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.47 lakh
Received directly
₹1.33 lakh
Spent
₹40.85 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.65 lakh · received ₹6.96 lakh · spent ₹6.10 lakh · left ₹27.50 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.35 lakh · received ₹10.51 lakh · spent ₹34.74 lakh · left ₹3.45 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6036, 84.2954 —
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