Osawan
Karakat block · Rohtas
district, Bihar · PIN 821309
· village code 251393
Population 2011
1,952
Census of India
Population 2020
2,011
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.0%
59 people · 0.3% a year
Households
330
+4.8% vs 315 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,952
Male / female
994 / 958
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
964
Children aged 0–6
312
Literacy rate
50.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
446 / 0
Working population
574
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.8%
Households
315
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
190
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
114
Non-farm households
23
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
72 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
72 / 72 / 72
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhanhara panchayat, Karakat 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
₹18.97 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.32 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹25.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.19 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.50 lakh · received ₹6.90 lakh · spent ₹17.08 lakh · left ₹32,689
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.47 lakh · received ₹10.42 lakh · spent ₹8.02 lakh · left ₹10.86 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.3076, 84.3417 —
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staffing across Rohtas ·
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