Saraon
Rajpur block · Buxar
district, Bihar · PIN 802122
· village code 248426
Population 2011
483
Census of India
Population 2020
615
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.3%
132 people · 2.7% a year
Households
98
+12.6% vs 87 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
483
Male / female
265 / 218
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
823
Children aged 0–6
80
Literacy rate
64.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
123
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.7%
Households
87
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
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
25
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
5
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
76
Non-farm households
22
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
74 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
74 / 65 / 9
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Barupur panchayat, Rajpur 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
₹43.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.86 lakh
Received directly
₹1.07 lakh
Spent
₹42.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.63 lakh · received ₹6.72 lakh · spent ₹18.37 lakh · left ₹13.98 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.77 lakh · received ₹10.14 lakh · spent ₹24.38 lakh · left ₹4.59 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3874, 83.9045 —
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