Ararua
Kargahar block · Rohtas
district, Bihar · PIN 821107
· village code 251642
Population 2011
1,599
Census of India
Population 2020
1,805
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.9%
206 people · 1.4% a year
Households
245
+14.5% vs 214 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,599
Male / female
824 / 775
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
941
Children aged 0–6
301
Literacy rate
53.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
145 / 0
Working population
594
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
47.0%
Households
214
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
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
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
200
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
30
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
55%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 25 / 25
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Araruwa panchayat, Kargahar 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
₹44.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.52 lakh
Received directly
₹99,257
Spent
₹33.57 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.31 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.84 lakh · received ₹6.98 lakh · spent ₹11.63 lakh · left ₹11.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹29.53 lakh · received ₹10.54 lakh · spent ₹21.94 lakh · left ₹18.13 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1351, 83.8697 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Rohtas district ·
School
staffing across Rohtas ·
…and across Bihar